Proud Rooster Rooster Alebrije Sculpture from Mexico Games featuring hand carved detail and

featuring hand carved detail and white rub finish

& recycled Kantha textile beads

6 3XL44 / 11227 / 68

each piece not only bears the marks of its past life as a household or temple object

5" L (9 cm)

Proud Rooster Rooster Alebrije Sculpture from Mexico Games featuring hand carved detail andWith bright feathers and comb erect, a proud rooster announces the imminent dawn. Zeny and Reyna transform found pieces of copal wood into a delightful alebrije. These fanciful sculptures are a traditional folk art in Oaxaca, once based on twenty totems but today representing all kinds of animals. They take their name from a Calo gypsy word for 'something difficult, tangled, confusing or fantastic.' Because each alebrije is individually created work