Oaxacan Wood Carving (Alebrijes)
About Oaxacan Woodcarving
There is an amazing amount of work from start to finish on the fine art pieces. Limited only by each artist’s imagination pieces are extensively carved, dried and sanded before being painted. Artists use rudimentary tools to create fascinating figures out of green, fresh-cut copal wood, a small tree native to the tropical dry forests of Mexico. They are able to pull unique figures and forms out a “blank slate” piece of wood. The wood when green is dense and wet but dries and becomes light like balsa wood. The aromatic resin from the copal tree was used for centuries by the cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The tree holds a special significance to local Zapotec descendants today, many of which are carvers. Large pieces can take months to properly dry before any decoration is applied. Sophisticated pieces like those coming from premier artists from the workshop of Jacobo and Maria Angeles utilize natural pigments derived from plants and minerals and utilize traditional Zapotec design motifs. Oaxacan artists continue to push and evolve the art form with ever increasing subjects and styles. We are proud to represent this work and hope you enjoy exploring the amazing variety offered in our store.
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Agustín Cruz Prudencio & Carmen Sosa Ojeda: Premier Mermaid Angel with Sea Life
Size: 17 × 13 × 16 in (L x W x H)
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Agustín Cruz Prudencio: Showcase Large Day of the Dead Rodeo Scene
Size: 22 × 8.5 × 15.5 in (L x W x H)
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Agustín Cruz Prudencio: Stunning Cactus Nativity
Size: 14.5 × 10 × 19 in (L x W x H)
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Azucena Santiago: Long Ear Rabbit
Size: 3.5 × 3 × 9.5 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Colorful Turtle
Size: 10 × 10 × 3.5 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Pangolin
Size: 16 × 4.5 × 5.5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Asian Small Clawed Otter Friends
Size: 8 × 3.5 × 11 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Stunning Large Farm Animal Totem
Size: 8 × 5 × 20 in (L x W x H)
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Luis Sosa Calvo: Possum with Babies
Size: 20 × 6 × 11.5 in (L x W x H)
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Magaly Fuentes & Jose Calvo: Elegant Owl
Size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 7.5 in (L x W x H)
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Magaly Fuentes & Jose Calvo: Gorgeous Gorilla Family Set
Size: 6 × 6 × 7 in (L x W x H)
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Magaly Fuentes and Jose Calvo: Quail
Size: 3.5 × 3.5 × 7 in (L x W x H)
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Manuel and Rubi Cruz: Museum Quality Single Piece Gorilla and Babies
Size: 12 × 8 × 15.5 in (L x W x H)
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Manuel and Rubi Cruz: Museum Quality Single Piece Quetzalcoatl Feathered Serpent
Size: 14 × 10 × 14 in (L x W x H)
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Martin Melchor: Giraffe Taxi
Size: 13 × 11 × 13 in (L x W x H)
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Moises Jimenez & Oralia Cardenas: Fierce Leopard
Size: 17 × 9 × 10.5 in (L x W x H)
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Omar & Areli Cruz: Premier Large Parrot
Size: 6 × 6 × 16 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Dragon
Size: 14.5 × 8 × 7.5 in (L x W x H)
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Abundio Munoz: Eagle
Size: 3.5 × 3 × 5.5 in (L x W x H)
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Abundio Munoz: Purple Chameleon
Size: 8 × 2.5 × 4 in (L x W x H)
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Abundio Munoz: Small Monkey
Size: 7 × 3 × 5.5 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Raccoon
Size: 16 × 4 × 12 in (L x W x H)
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David Blas: Frog
Size: 6.5 × 5 × 3.5 in (L x W x H)
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Bertha Cruz: Pink Owl
Size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 7.5 in (L x W x H)
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Augustin Cruz Prudencio and Carmen Sosa Ojeda: Rhino on Tricycle
Size: 8 × 4.25 × 10 in (L x W x H)
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Orlando Mandarin: Possums
Size: 8 × 14 × 10 in (L x W x H)
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Maximiliano Morales & Francisco Morales: Elephant
Size: 13 × 6 × 9 in (L x W x H)
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Luis Sosa Calvo: Colorful Hippo
Size: 14.5 × 5 × 11 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Roadrunner
Size: 16 × 4.5 × 7 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Elk
Size: 5 × 3 × 10 in (L x W x H)
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Maximiliano Morales and Francisco Morales: Yellow Fox
Size: 5.9 × 3.0 × 9.1 in (L x W x H)
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Epifanio Fuentes & Laurencia Santiago: Medium Purple Zebra
Size: 12 × 5 × 12 in (L x W x H)
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Bertha Cruz: Day of the Dead Catrina
Size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 14.5 in (L x W x H)
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Epifanio Fuentes & Laurencia Santiago: Medium Blue Coyote with Fish Motif
Size: 9.5 × 5 × 12 in (L x W x H)
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Magaly Fuentes and Jose Calvo: Rabbit
Size: 6 × 4 × 11 in (L x W x H)
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Azucena Santiago: Long Ear Rabbit
Size: 3 × 4 × 9.5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Sea Life Coral Totem
Size: 5 × 4 × 9 in (L x W x H)
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Margarita Sosa / Milagros de Copal: Small Bison
Size: 9 × 2 × 6.5 in (L x W x H)
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New Limited Copies Only! Jacobo and Maria Angeles Workshop: Behind the Mask / Detras de una Mascara – Book 2019
Size: 9 × 13.5 × .25 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Male Hippo
Size: 9 × 3.5 × 6.50 in (L x W x H)
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Lauro Ramirez & Griselda Morales: Nahual Bull
Size: 9.5 × 6 × 8 in (L x W x H)
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Maximiliano Morales & Francisco Morales: Small Owl
Size: 4 × 3.5 × 7 in (L x W x H)
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Bertha Cruz: Small Badger
Size: 9 × 2.5 × 4 in (L x W x H)
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Family Garcia Cruz: Fox
Size: 7.5 × 4 × 8 in (L x W x H)
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Maximiliano Morales & Francisco Morales: Horse
Size: 8.5 × 4 × 10 in (L x W x H)
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Tribus Mixes Cooperative: Jaguar
Size: 4.5 × 4.5 × 13 in (L x W x H)
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Lauro Ramirez & Griselda Morales: Raccoon
Size: 6 × 3.5 × 8 in (L x W x H)
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Maximiliano Morales and Francisco Morales: Orange Fox
Size: 9.1 × 4.0 × 9.4 in (L x W x H)
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Esmeralda Cruz Sosa: Snail
Size: 5.5 × 2 × 5 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Wild Boar
Size: 16 × 5 × 6 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Hungry Chameleon on Branch Catching Bug
Size: 18.9 × 2.4 × 3.9 in (L x W x H)
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Candido Jimenez Ojeda: Floral Frog
Size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 3 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Centaur Butterfly
Size: 15 × 9 × 14 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Hammerhead Shark
Size: 11.5 × 5.5 × 4.5 in (L x W x H)
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Raul Ibanez: Medium Rooster
Size: 16 × 5.5 × 9 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Beaver
Size: 16 × 6 × 5 in (L x W x H)
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Azucena Santiago: Long Ear Rabbit
Size: 3 × 4 × 9.5 in (L x W x H)
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Castillo Family: Armadillo with Snake
Size: 5.5 × 2.5 × 5 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Turtle
Size: 12 × 6 × 4.5 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Large Skinny Dog
Size: 16 × 5 × 12 in (L x W x H)
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Luis Pablo: Mandrill
Size: 9 × 5.5 × 10.5 in (L x W x H)
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Ariel Playas: Salmon
Size: 12 × 3 × 5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Husky Dog
Size: 7 × 4 × 8 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Puffin
Size: 8 × 5.5 × 11 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Catrin (Gentleman Day of the Dead Figure)
Size: 3 × 3 × 13 in (L x W x H)
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Nicolas Morales & Laura Jimenez: Eagle
Size: 12 × 7 × 7.5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Gray Gazelle
Size: 8 × 2.5 × 13 in (L x W x H)
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Ivan Fuentes & Mayte Calvo: Small Colorful Hippo
Size: 9 × 3.5 × 5 in (L x W x H)
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Moises Jimenez & Oralia Cardenas: Otter
Size: 4.5 × 6 × 7.5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Ringtail Cat
Size: 6 × 4 × 9 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Day of the Dead Pig
Size: 6.5 × 3 × 5.5 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Vulture
Size: 7 × 5.5 × 11.5 in (L x W x H)
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Abad Xuana: Large Cow Mask
Size: 20 × 6 × 20 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Skunk
Size: 11 × 4 × 11 in (L x W x H)
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Azucena Santiago: Long Ear Rabbit
Size: 3 × 4 × 9.5 in (L x W x H)
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Maximiliano Morales & Francisco Morales: Fox
Size: 7.5 × 3.5 × 10.5 in (L x W x H)
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Abundio Munoz: Eagle
Size: 4 × 2 × 6 in (L x W x H)
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Raymundo Santiago: Small Octopus
Size: 8.5 × 6 × 4 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Hamster
Size: 6 × 4.5 × 3.5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Sleek Cheetah
Size: 9 × 2.5 × 9.5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Snakes and Skulls
Size: 6.5 × 6.5 × 6 in (L x W x H)
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Alberto Perez: Cow and Rider
Size: 11 × 3 × 8 in (L x W x H)
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Azucena Santiago: Long Ear Rabbit
Size: 3 × 4 × 9.5 in (L x W x H)
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Orlando Mandarin and Magdalena Santiago: Long Necked Cat
Size: 6 × 3.5 × 10 in (L x W x H)
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Orlando Mandarin & Magdalena Santiago: New Form Parrot
Size: 7.5 × 4.5 × 10 in (L x W x H)
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Bertha Cruz: Small Lizard
Size: 5 × 4.5 × 2.5 in (L x W x H)
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Ivan Fuentes & Mayte Calvo: Lizard
Size: 12 × 9 × 3 in (L x W x H)
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Mario Castellanos & Reina Ramirez: Monkey with Pots
Size: 9 × 9 × 9 in (L x W x H)
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Narciso Gonzalez Ramirez and Rubi Hernandez Pinos: Large Skinny Dog
Size: 17 × 5 × 20.5 in (L x W x H)
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Bertha Cruz: Meerkat
Size: 12 × 6 × 10 in (L x W x H)
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Maximiliano Morales & Francisco Morales: Dog
Size: 14 × 5 × 14 in (L x W x H)
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Damian & Beatriz Morales: Crocodile
Size: 13.5 × 13.5 × 4 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Gazelle hyena
Size: 6 × 15 × 16 in (L x W x H)
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Azucena Santiago: Long Ear Rabbit
Size: 3 × 4 × 9.5 in (L x W x H)
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Agustín Cruz Prudencio and Carmen Sosa Ojeda: Mermaid with Parrot
Size: 11 × 3.5 × 5 in (L x W x H)
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Orlando Mandarin and Magdalena Santiago: Long Necked Cat
Size: 7 × 3 × 10.5 in (L x W x H)
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Orlando Mandarin & Magdalena Santiago: Horse
Size: 12 × 3 × 11 in (L x W x H)
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Candido Jimenez Ojeda: Pig with Flowers
Size: 5.5 × 1.5 × 2.5 in (L x W x H)
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Eleazar Morales: Bat
Size: 4 × 15 × 9 in (L x W x H)
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Candido Jimenez: Giraffe with Geckos
Size: 4.5 × 4 × 11.5 in (L x W x H)