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Grab this Large Cat Alebrijes Figurine today!

This Large Cat Alebrijes Figurine is a part of our craft item collection and is handmade. Perfect for holding your rings or simply as decorations, these cat figurines are a great addition to your home. Designs and colours vary.

Alebrijes are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical (fantasy/mythical) creatures, traditionally made from papier-mâché or wood. The art form originated in Mexico City in the 1930s, when Pedro Linares, a papier-mâché artist, began creating surreal, dreamlike creatures after experiencing vivid hallucinations during an illness. His designs, which combined elements of various animals, became widely recognized as alebrijes and were later adopted by artisans in Oaxaca, who began carving them from copal wood, a local softwood.