Antique Well Loved Red and Yellow Oil Cloth Carnival / Juggling Ball somerset in this case Caribou antler

in this case Caribou antler

I'd like to think the repeating fragment of a guitar is an homage to Picasso

with light toning/soiling along old fold lines

who purchased it from a woman living in Newfoundland

Antique Well Loved Red and Yellow Oil Cloth Carnival / Juggling Ball somerset in this case Caribou antlerI've had just a couple of these old oil cloth balls over the years, and know they're pretty hard to come by. I've seem them described both as toy balls for children and as carnival or juggling balls I'm not entirely sure which is the case, but I think they're gorgeous and the softened but radiant well worn red and yellow on this one especially so. Clearly, its been well used and loved, with, it looks to me, one seam re sewn many years ago. All the