Wonderfully Primitive Older Unpainted Oaxacan Folk Art Alebrije one of a kind sign ) Certainly they could be

) Certainly they could be used instructively now

Graphite and crayon on nice weight cotton worn soft now

cut from some sort of wrapping paper I would guess

clutching what appear to be a few flowers and I'n not sure what all

I've turned up one Edmund Hawley of Norfolk in a record that shows him to have lived for just two years (1820-22)

Wonderfully Primitive Older Unpainted Oaxacan Folk Art Alebrije one of a kind sign ) Certainly they could beI'm not sure that I've ever seen an unpainted Oaxacan folk art alebrije animal before usually they are quite brightly painted but this looks to be an old one and I think much more expressive for its unpainted, weathered surface, looking almost primeval! I take him for a coyote, and one who has long lived in the deep wild as a loner. Wonderfully stark and highly empathetic, too. 8 1 2" l x 4 3 4" t x 2 1 16" w. and in good, aged condition, with some