Soledad Cruz: Jaguars Encounter Woodcarving Saint Figurine Dimensions: 8''Tall 13''Long 8''Wide

Dimensions: 8''Tall 13''Long 8''Wide

The piece is carved from wood in a rustic style and painted with radiant tones of blue

and warm red

a nod to Oaxaca’s Guelaguetza festivities

To carve a mushroom in Oaxaca is to invoke a creature that lives between the everyday and the dreamlike

Soledad Cruz: Jaguars Encounter Woodcarving Saint Figurine Dimensions: 8''Tall 13''Long 8''WideExtraordinary jaguar encounter by Oaxacan woodcarving artist Soledad Cruz, one of the finest painters in the tradition. Soledad worked with her husband Neri, who carved the two jaguars, while she painted them with the precision and depth that has made their collaboration so admired among serious collectors. The jaguar held supreme power in the Mesoamerican world. For the Zapotecs and Aztecs alike, it was the lord of the underworld, a symbol of royal