Three Headed Carved Folk Art Totem of Sorts old ledger the interior reveals original color

the interior reveals original color

Detail photos provide a good sense

Dimensions: 9 1/4" inches in diameter

a "Prayer Leaflet" from the Blessed Martin Guild

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

Three Headed Carved Folk Art Totem of Sorts old ledger the interior reveals original colorA 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