Curious Old Gold Ball with Hooks All Over wooden advertising sign Each of the eight flaps

Each of the eight flaps hanging from the main piece is unique

with frequent pauses to shake his head back and forth as if deeply contemplating whether to continue on his journey forward

or just bounce around a bit

and I love the sort of improvisatory feel of it

Curious Old Gold Ball with Hooks All Over wooden advertising sign Each of the eight flapsI've had a bit of a string of acquiring things I find quite evocative but know very little about and here's another! I have no idea how or why this gold painted ball with hooks all over came to be, but I love it as an object, and it would make a pretty effective hanger now for rings of keys, or necklaces, or sprigs of mistletoe! There is a loop at top from which it could be hung from a wire or ribbon or string I might suggest from the ceiling so as to