Wonderfully Primitive Older Unpainted Oaxacan Folk Art Alebrije measuring glass it's about 9" wide

it's about 9" wide

and then one outstretched across the middle

And then later dots and dashes too

seemingly product of having just enough purple velvet scrap to make it around the top edge of the mesh

as a few curls in front open to the sides

Wonderfully Primitive Older Unpainted Oaxacan Folk Art Alebrije measuring glass it's about 9" wideI'm not sure that I've ever seen an unpainted Oaxacan folk art alebrije animal before usually they are quite brightly painted but this looks to be an old one and I think much more expressive for its unpainted, weathered surface, looking almost primeval! I take him for a coyote, and one who has long lived in the deep wild as a loner. Wonderfully stark and highly empathetic, too. 8 1 2" l x 4 3 4" t x 2 1 16" w. and in good, aged condition, with some