Black Porcupine - Oaxacan Alebrije Wood Carving arte

Black Porcupine - Oaxacan Alebrije Wood Carving arteExquisite handcrafted porcupine handcrafted in San Martin Tilcajete in Oaxaca Mexico. Each quill was individually painted and placed into the body which was carved out of a single block of copal wood. Length Height Width: 7" x 4. 5" x 5" Features: Copal wood Hand crafted item Signed by the artist

Incredible one-piece "snake eating rabbit" alebrije wood carving from the Ramirez family workshop in Oaxaca

Mexico Length/Height/Width: 5

"The piece is inspired by 2 animals of the Zapotec calendar - armadillo: 6th day and the monkey: 11th day

Fantastic retablo wooden box with a scene of a mariachi playing the violin for the Virgin of Guadalupe in the background

Ox & yoke yunta dia de los muertos skull folk art handcrafted and signed by the workshop of the Paredes family of Puebla

5" x 7" x 9"

Single piece of wood

Length/Height/Width: 13" x 9" x 20"

000 beads were placed one-by-one to create this wonderful work of art

this piece took a total of 9 months to complete

Height/Length/Width: 8" x 6

This striped cat wood carving also known as "alebrije" was carved and painted in the small town of San Martin Tilcajete in Oaxaca Mexico by the Hernandez family which is one of the 7 original families who popularized the art of wood-carving