Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball old wooden decoy head Based on one similar that

Based on one similar that I have found

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great everyday for flowers

especially their labels

definitely Dutch

Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball old wooden decoy head Based on one similar thatI didn't know what this curious ball was when I found it, but have learned that sometimes when the leather skin came off a softball, people would wrap the center in black cloth tape like this. To me it's like a more visceral version of a rag ball, wounded and wound, looking almost as if coated in tar and with the salvaged core peeking out here and there. Quite an evocative thing I think. Approx 3" in diameter and tightly wrapped.