Big Ball in Cage Whimsy - 3 Inch Cube fabric it feels very Asian influenced

it feels very Asian influenced and a little Art Deco too

I am not sure about the age on this piece

yielding a really gorgeous surface

This is a great large Penobscot (Native New England) splint ash and sweetgrass basket woven around a clear glass vase

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Big Ball in Cage Whimsy - 3 Inch Cube fabric it feels very Asian influencedOne of the things I really love about carved wooden whimsies is their infinite variety, even with the most straight forward of forms. I think this may be the largest ball in cage I've seen at 3 x 3 x 3 inches, with a ball so large it seems poised to bust out of its cage entirely! This one I'd guess dates to the mid 20th century or so, and reads as much as a tabletop minimalist sculpture as a folk art carving. There is a split in one side of the cage