Reyna Pina: Magnificent Monkey Oaxaca Black Clay Pottery The posture is alert and

The posture is alert and a little indignant

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Reyna Pina: Magnificent Monkey Oaxaca Black Clay Pottery The posture is alert andThis magnificent monkey carving by Oaxaca artist Reyna Pina is full of motion and personality, captured in a low, prowling stance with one hand lifted as if its mid step through the canopy. The painting is superb, warm, earthy browns are layered with flowing, woodgrain like lines that ripple across the body. The face is stunning: a bright coral orange mask covered in delicate spiral lines, with wide blue eyes that give the expression an alert,