Sly Siamese Hand-Painted Cat Alebrije Rescuebox Akoya Pearls

Akoya Pearls

Made from assorted colors of hand-block printed fabric scraps with vegetable dyes

Combining teal

It opens with a zipper to a plastic-lined interior

Sly Siamese Hand-Painted Cat Alebrije Rescuebox Akoya PearlsWorking with native copal wood, Zeny and Reyna in Mexico create this wonderful alebrije sculpture, a popular traditional folk art of Oaxaca. The whimsical Siamese cat is painted in loving detail with a yellow coat and bright blue eyes. 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 feverish dreams he saw a strange land populated with curious creatures a donkey with