Psychedelic Turtle Hand Painted Alebrije Turtle Wood Sculpture from Mexico Giving Tuesday 2024 Neck Girth - 12

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She wears a traditional deep blue rebozo shawl over her head and carries beautifully detailed ceramic pottery in her hands

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The artisan juxtaposes darkly oxidized sterling silver with polished 18k gold accents to add drama to the design

Wayan Rendah crafts this whimsical sculpture from suar wood with a finish that brings out the natural grain of the wood

Psychedelic Turtle Hand Painted Alebrije Turtle Wood Sculpture from Mexico Giving Tuesday 2024 Neck Girth - 12With colorful flowers blossoming on its shell, this turtle captivates with psychedelic artistry. Zeny and Reyna craft this endearing alebrije sculpture with techniques inherited from their parents. They carve a found piece of copal wood into the statuette and proceed to paint it with hand crafted artistry. 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