Three Headed Carved Folk Art Totem of Sorts old ledger This wonderful monkey came from

This wonderful monkey came from the estate of the late Chicago-based collector and arts patron Ruth Horwich

I find the carving on this old spoon holder super sweet

Dimensions: 9 1/4" inches in diameter

it is in essentially perfect condition with no apparent wear

Detail photos provide a good sense

Three Headed Carved Folk Art Totem of Sorts old ledger This wonderful monkey came fromA curious one for sure, which I love for its strangeness and its crudeness one has the sense that its maker chose their three very favorite carved heads and then made this tree like platform in order to give them a home! Maybe even a sort of family tree? The effect of the overall composition, with two heads leaning in and one sitting atop, is to give a sense that one is being confronted by them as if one were a little carved figure oneself, wandering