Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy make do car I believe this sampler came

I believe this sampler came from an estate in Newburyport MA with quite a fine collection of antique samplers

A curious model she is

but an interview with Vivika Heino mentions her as being part of a workshop at UCLA

but also for the sense of self-possession and a sort of serene power

Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy make do car I believe this sampler cameThis crazy thing I'm in love with it, all the more so for the rather distressed state of this old monkey, pieces of whose head appear to have been glued and re glued over the past 100+ years or so. No wonder when one uses the wire arm to raise and flip him over, if not gentle he'll smash pretty hard into the ladder on the other side. His arms, legs and body appear to be hand carved of wood, and then his head looks to be ceramic or composition over