Axolotl Copal Wood Axolotl Alebrije from Mexico The Maya Artists of the Yucatán using three black cylinders of

using three black cylinders of descending size that are marked with sunny and geometric designs

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Axolotl Copal Wood Axolotl Alebrije from Mexico The Maya Artists of the Yucatán using three black cylinders ofJesus and Roxana recreate the axolotl, one of Mexico's rarest and most iconic creatures, in colorful alebrije form. They hand carve it from copal wood and decorate its body with joyful geometric patterns in a palette of saffron yellow, dark green, bright red, and purple. The axolotl's gills are detached for safe and easy transport. Jesus and Roxana come from a Zapotec community in Oaxaca where a large number of the residents work crafting alebrijes.