Proud Rooster Rooster Alebrije Sculpture from Mexico _artisan--novica-artisan-7471 With you help

With you help

We do it by crossing our hands over our heart and bowing

hoping she would solve them through the dolls

Brow creasing into an angered frown

Proud Rooster Rooster Alebrije Sculpture from Mexico _artisan--novica-artisan-7471 With you helpWith bright feathers and comb erect, a proud rooster announces the imminent dawn. Zeny and Reyna transform found pieces of copal wood into a delightful 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 Calo gypsy word for 'something difficult, tangled, confusing or fantastic.' Because each alebrije is individually created work