Skeleton Alebrije Articulated Day of the Dead Mezcal Handmade Mexican Folk Art

Description

This is a wonderfully fun
Dias de los Muertos
articulated Sombrero wearing Skeleton along with his own chair and a bottle of Mezcal...
Check out the detail painting on the brim of his hat... it's covered with Sugar skulls, bones and flowers... Perhaps the drink is why he's a skeleton now...
This piece was entirely
handmade, hand carved and hand painted by Inocencio Vasquez of
San Martín Tilcajete
in Oaxaca Mexico. This imaginative
Alebrije
is a great example of Mexican Folk Art from Oaxaca.
This guy would make a
great gift for the Day of the Dead collector, or a wonderful addition to your Mexican Folk
Art
Collection!
when laying flat he measures:  8 inches tall by 4 inches wide
and
2 1/2 inches deep.
I recently
received
an order from Oaxaca with many pieces by this artist....
Check my Ebay Store for more pieces by Inocencio
...
This piece is brand new and he is
signed on the soles of his feet.
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Inocencio is the creator of several distinctive styles of carved and painted wooden pieces.  He is best known for his
borrachos
(drunkards) often in the ironic form of angels, his human-like devils, and human or human-animal
nahual
musicians.  In Inocencio’s
pueblo
, residents enjoy recalling the traditional belief that ordinary people can turn themselves into animals at night, particularly when there is a full moon. Many of Inocencio’s creations lend themselves to assemblages, such as four drunken angels or four devils seated on individually carved chairs around a table, or skeleton dancing partners.  Another is a band composed of musicians in varied poses such as a
marimba
trio. Many of Inocencio’s figures have articulated joints, one of his signature features.  He prides himself most on his jointed devils.
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