Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball pewter box together with a few other

together with a few other clues

But here are these

It's definitely got age

what could be better

whether or not one ever attempts to take it apart and try to put it back together again

Visceral Black Tape Wrapped Ball pewter box together with a few otherI 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.