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£150.00
A colourful and elegant cat, by artist Maricela Roque.
Dimensions: 33cm (w) x 18cm (d) x 28.5cm (h)
Weight: 0.6kg
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Lizard Bear
Alebrijes A strikingly carved and beautifully painted bear by artist Ray Mendez. It has the body of a bear and a lizard's tail.Hand-made in Oaxaca, MexicoDimensions: 15cm (w) x 20cm (d) x 34cm (h)
Weight: 1kg
£280.00 Sold
Skeleton Lady
Day of the Dead, Alebrijes An amazing 'Catrina' skeleton lady figurine from Oaxaca, Mexico. Elaborately carved from copal wood by artist Manuel Cruz, and beautifully painted by his wife Ruvi Martinez.Manuel is the son of one of the masters of Oaxacan wood carving, Agustin Cruz (acclaimed for his fantastical carvings of toys, nativities and religious icons). He has certainly inherited his father’s talent for precise and complex carvings, but has his own distinctive style. His wife Ruvi Martinez is a talented and innovative painter in her own right. Manuel was awarded first place in the wood carving category in the 2016 MEAPO-FOFA awards for Mexican folk artists, and his pieces are highly sought after by collectors.Dimensions: 12cm (w) x 12cm (d) x 33cm (h)
Weight: 0.43kg
£340.00 Sold
Bighorn Sheep
Alebrijes A magnificent bighorn sheep carved and painted by Maricela Roque. Beautifully decorated with geometric codex symbols of ancient Mexican civilisations.(2 pieces - body and tail)Dimensions: 14cm (w) x 23cm (d) x 29cm (h)
Weight: 0.9kg
£200.00 Sold
Pulque Bear
Alebrijes This incredible bear carving by Pedro Mendez has intricate painting featuring pre-hispanic iconography and symbolism. Each of the four legs has an illustration.The front left leg shows the Aztec God Quetzalcoatl (represented by the feathered snake).The back right leg shows Kukulcán, the Mayan wisdom deity related to Quetzalcoatl.The front right leg depicts the Water-Lily Jaguar, an anthropomorphic form of an important Maya god. His special attribute is a water-lily atop his head, which may reflect the jaguar’s love of water. This jaguar god moves and acts like a human. His necklace is called a death-eye collar and is part of his attire for the sacrificial death dance. The Water-Lily Jaguar is a significant character in Maya narrative artwork.The scene on the back left leg represents the extraction of the spirit beverage pulque from the maguey plant.The seashells on the body represent fertility and birth. It is also a symbol related to Quetzalcoatl.Dimensions: 40cm (w) x 19cm (d) x 21cm (h)
Weight: 2.5kg
£1,300.00
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Nahual
Alebrijes An exquisite 'nahual' (pronounced [na'wal]) wood carving by artists Jesus and Roxana Hernandez of Oaxaca, Mexico. This imposing piece took 3 months to carve and paint. Decorated in their characteristic 'scale' pattern, it has skilfully inset glass eyes.According to pre-hispanic traditions, a nahual is a human being who has the power to transform either spiritually or physically into an animal form. They are seen as protectors of the people and the natural resources.Dimensions: 17cm (w) x 36cm (d) x 35cm (h)
Weight: 1.2kg
£650.00 Sold
Blue Dragon
Alebrijes A cute fire-breathing dragon in electric blue.Dimensions: 15cm (w) x 22cm (d) x 30cm (h)
Weight: 0.136kg
£40.00
Bicycle
Alebrijes An original design by artists Jesus & Roxana Hernandez, which won an award in the Mexican Popular Art Toy competition.This piece features their signature style on the handlebars, which is easy to identify by the scale-like pattern in a sea of skilfully painted dots. It has spinning wheels and pedals.Dimensions: 10cm (w) x 22cm (d) x 13.5cm (h)
Weight: 0.06kg
£120.00 Sold
Rabbit (chocolate)
Alebrijes, Small Gifts An elegantly painted rabbit carving in a brown colour. This small piece would add a decorative touch to any room.Dimensions: 4cm (w) x 11.5cm (d) x 7cm (h)
Weight: 0.05kg
£25.00 Sold
Rabbit (wine)
Alebrijes, Small Gifts An elegantly painted rabbit carving in a wine colour. This small piece would add a decorative touch to any room.Dimensions: 4cm (w) x 11.5cm (d) x 7cm (h)
Weight: 0.05kg
£25.00 Sold
Monkey Dog (blue)
Alebrijes, Small Gifts Distinctively decorated in blue, this 'alebrije' has the face of a monkey and the body of a dog!Dimensions: 3cm (w) x 7cm (d) x 9cm (h)
Weight: 0.04kg
£19.00