Psychedelic Quetzal Handmade Quetzal Wood Alebrije Sculpture _artisan--novica-artisan-8685 and wide sleeves

and wide sleeves

Believed to bring protection

Dewi Putera designs the earrings

3" Chest: 18

nylon lining

Psychedelic Quetzal Handmade Quetzal Wood Alebrije Sculpture _artisan--novica-artisan-8685 and wide sleevesColorful though they may be, real quetzals have nothing on this wonderful alebrije sculpture from Mexico's Teresita Gonzalez. The artisan paints the copal wood bird meticulously by hand in a rainbow of colors. Small parts are separated for shipping to protect from breakage. The folk art tradition of alebrijes dates back to the 1930's in Mexico City. A man named Pedro Linares was taken ill, and in his fevered dreams he saw a strange land populated with