Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball pewter box perhaps bear

perhaps bear

But here are these

this piece feels like quite a special emblem of a place

I would guess maybe 1950s or so but am not completely sure

It's definitely got age

Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball pewter box perhaps bearI 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.