Exceptional Hippopotamus - Oaxacan Alebrije Wood Carving

Gorgeous one-piece wood carving by young up-and-coming Oaxacan artist Jose Fabian. Jose is an exceptional artist who carves and paints all of his pieces entirely himself. He apprenticed at the workshop of Jacobo & Maria Angeles and has since gone on to create his own pieces under his own name from his home in Oaxaca.

Origin: Oaxaca, Mexico

Length/Height/Width: 11" x 8.5" x 5"

Single piece of copal wood

Signed by the artist