Colorful Hummingbird Multi Color Hummingbird Alebrije Sculpture Crafted by Hand _artisan--novica-artisan-13724 Strap: 9" L x 0

Strap: 9" L x 0

Handmade in & fairly traded from Thailand

Traditionally dyed disks of bone elevate these dynamic earrings to an international work of art

Worn on a brown leather cord

Brilliant gold-plated wires form a spiral teardrop shape

Colorful Hummingbird Multi Color Hummingbird Alebrije Sculpture Crafted by Hand _artisan--novica-artisan-13724 Strap: 9" L x 0Hovering on whirring wings, a whimsical hummingbird seeks out the sweet nectar of flowers. Zeny and Reyna transform found pieces of copal wood into a delightful alebrije painted orange, red, yellow, green, white and black. 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