Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy modern planter certainly referring to the crucifixion

certainly referring to the crucifixion of Jesus

And becoming an expert reader with these does not seem terribly difficult

Windsor County

The front of the right foot is chipped

and the great steeple on that church

Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy modern planter certainly referring to the crucifixionThis 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