These very popular figurines are carved from wood by hand and
have a very nice history. The name Alebrijes was given by a Mexican Indian of the State of Oaxaca that
once had a dream in which he saw
strange animals made up of parts of one animal mixed with others, and
those animals were making strange sounds that he could not understand. The
one and only
word that he could understand was Alebrije.
Without knowing the meaning of that word he adopted it as their name.
When he awoke, he took a piece of Copal Wood (which is native to Oaxaca) and started
carving the animals that he saw in his dream. His animals are very similar of the ones
we are presenting here.
Creatively carved by the artists hand, no two pieces will ever be
exactly alike. Each one a unique piece of art.
