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26 inches in length
Demetrio and Raquel Gonzalez
These beautiful hand painted clay skulls feature monarch butterflies
Traditionally worn by Purépecha women in Michoacán
Delicate clay skeleton (or catrina) indigenous woman making tortillas from Capula
Maque Plate- Martina Navarro belt 26 inches in lengthThere are fewer than a dozen artists in Michoacn, Mexico still working in the Pre Columbian lacquer art known in the region as maque, also called embutido, or inlay, where a design is cut into the lacquer background on a gourd or wood. There is an elaborate polishing process involved to achieve a shiny colored base for the floral and animal motifs that will later emerge. Insect fat is boiled, and pine resin and then garlic are added. Beautiful colors