Vintage Japanese Embroidered Ball Decoration
This traditionally crafted Japanese fabric ball, Temari, has been constructed using woven vibrant orange, red, pink and beige silk embroidery thread/floss in a deisng that features two large chrysanthemums on either end, an orange and red band at the center, and a crisscross lattice of pink and silver. This particular mari can hang and has two large red and white tassels at the bottom, the colors synonymous with New Year. It is likely stuffed with dried rice hulls/husks and is contained by a soft beige cloth beneath the silk threads.
Meaning "hand ball" in Japanese, temari are a popular traditional toy often given to children during the New Years holiday and often is a symbol of friendship and loyalty. Through history, the ball became less of a toy and more of a beautiful decorative object made mostly of scraps of kimono fabrics or layered with silk thread in beautiful designs.
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