Cat of the Sun Mexico Oaxaca Folk Art Alebrije Mystical Cat Sculpture Stretch Traditional Guatemalan worry dolls share

Traditional Guatemalan worry dolls share the love as festive ornaments by the Lopez Garcia Family

A beautiful sterling silver bracelet with arabesques created by Achara

designed textured hoops

Named after a river in Bali

The simple

Cat of the Sun Mexico Oaxaca Folk Art Alebrije Mystical Cat Sculpture Stretch Traditional Guatemalan worry dolls shareThe sun illuminates a mysterious yellow cat, while sunflowers and hummingbirds decorate its body. Invoking the power of Old Sol, Zeny and Reyna transform found pieces of copal wood into an exquisite alebrije. These fanciful sculptures are a traditional folk art in Oaxaca, once based on twenty totems but today representing all kinds of animals. They take their name from a Cal gypsy word for 'something difficult, tangled, confusing or fantastic.'