Walking Festive Cat Multicolored Wood Alebrije Cat Figurine from Mexico Nkobo Jewelry ecstatic trances and frightening self-mortification

ecstatic trances and frightening self-mortification

Seated on a tree stump

Lapis lazuli is crowned with ornate sterling silver

materials: Wadang wood

Walking Festive Cat Multicolored Wood Alebrije Cat Figurine from Mexico Nkobo Jewelry ecstatic trances and frightening self-mortificationTaking a walk, a charming little cat brings the magnificence of Mexican folk art to your home. Zeny and Reyna hand carve this alebrije figurine of copal wood, hand painting the cat with intricate and colorful motifs. Small parts are separated for shipping to protect from breakage. Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death and yet his dreams were extremely