19th c. Hand Carved Lingum Vitae Bowling Ball c.1800s Lockers Scuffs on leather and wood

Scuffs on leather and wood

CREATOR Ishwar Sagara

The steel band that runs across the forehead is missing

The puppets are painted wood for the heads and fabric for the body

A glass and sand hourglass housed in a spiral wood case

19th c. Hand Carved Lingum Vitae Bowling Ball c.1800s Lockers Scuffs on leather and woodABOUT An original hand carved Victorian bowling ball made of extremely hard Lingum Vitae wood. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1800s. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Lignum Vitae. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. DIMENSIONS Diameter: 7 in. HISTORY Lignum vitae is a wood known in parts of Europe known as Pockholz or pokhout. The trees are indigenous to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America (e. g: Venezuela) and have