Ball in Cage with Links (and Hole!) Whimsy tarot or just for display

or just for display

because it reminded me of Duchamp's "Rotoreliefs

and is in excellent condition

with a reddish stain

Ball in Cage with Links (and Hole!) Whimsy tarot or just for displayPart of what I love most about this whimsy, which I believe has a fair amount of age to it, is the round hole that runs straight through one of the links but touches neither edge, giving the whole thing a sort of miraculous precariousness. (I have no idea how it got there. That curious hole aside, it was quite nicely carved, all from one piece of wood, with an interesting long double ended link, two smaller ones of different lengths, and a ball in