Fascinating Fish Colorful Wood Alebrije Fish Figurine from Mexico _artisan--emrusa-tag-boilerplate Silver-tone metal & carnelian

Silver-tone metal & carnelian

'Masks like these were used by Ashanti royalty to fight spirits that attacked them

The style of the pendant recalls China's millenary paper cutting art known as jianzhi

the shell is painted in a gleaming gold tone

Fascinating Fish Colorful Wood Alebrije Fish Figurine from Mexico _artisan--emrusa-tag-boilerplate Silver-tone metal & carnelianGlittering with silver tones and vibrant, multicolored designs, a fascinating fish makes a mystical addition to your home decor with this figurine from Mexico. Pablo and Lucy Mendez, who carry on the tradition of alebrije folk art, work together to create the fish. They carve this figurine of copal wood and paint it by hand. Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed