Medium Oaxacan Carved Flowered Bat Figure - Francisca Matias Ramirez

Signed by Artist Francisca Matias Ramirez.  6.75 inch wingspan. A fanciful part of a prized Mexican folk art tradition. Noted for their brilliant colors and fine craftsmanship, the figures show the talent, imagination and creative flair of the region's renowned carvers who are descendants of the pre-Columbian, Zapotec culture living in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.