Red Spotted Old Carved Folk Art Monkey with Moving Arms old whimsy just a few light scratches

just a few light scratches to the surface that I don't think detract at all

The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana and are renowned for their wonderful baskets made of coiled pine needles and raffia

Over these years and distances he has seen some things

the chain with loop is 4 3/4" long

1870s or so--is so finely done

Red Spotted Old Carved Folk Art Monkey with Moving Arms old whimsy just a few light scratchesThis wonderful monkey came from the estate of the late Chicago based collector and arts patron Ruth Horwich, who was among the founders of the Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1967, and later a Trustee. She and her husband Leonard collected for more than half a century an eclectic mix of folk, nave, and outsider art as well as many works by Chicago Imagists, and and a large collection of work by Alexander Calder. Clearly her great eye ran to