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Armando and Moises Jimenez

About the Artist

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Moises Jimenez with Mandrill sculpture. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Moises Jimenez with Mandrill sculpture. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and their children. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and their children. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Moises Jimenez and Oralia Cardenas. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Moises Jimenez and Oralia Cardenas. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Antonia Carrillo painting a moose antler. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Antonia Carrillo painting a moose antler. Arrazola, Oaxaca, 2010. (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2010)
Abecedarios - book by Cynthia Weill and K.B. Basseches, illustrated with sculptures by Armando and Moises Jimenez
Abecedarios - book by Cynthia Weill and K.B. Basseches, illustrated with sculptures by Armando and Moises Jimenez
Alejandro and Armando Jimenez in Santa Fe, NM, 2019 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2019).
Alejandro and Armando Jimenez in Santa Fe, NM, 2019 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2019).
Armando Jimenez in Santa Fe, NM, 2019 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2019).
Armando Jimenez in Santa Fe, NM, 2019 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2019).
Armando and Alejandro Jimenez in Santa Fe, 2019 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2019).
Armando and Alejandro Jimenez in Santa Fe, 2019 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2019).
Armando and Alejandro Jimenez in Santa Fe, 2023 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2023).
Armando and Alejandro Jimenez in Santa Fe, 2023 (Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher, 2023).

Brothers Armando and Moises Jimenez are the grandsons of the master woodcarver Manuel Jimenez, of Arrazola, Oaxaca. Manuel Jimenez is generally acknowledged as the father of Oaxacan woodcarving, who turned the small farming village on the slopes of Monte Alban into a boom town. Armando and Moises work with their wives, Antonia Carrillo and Oralia Cardenas, and their children. They carry on the tradition of sensitively observed naturalistic carving and colorful but restrained painting mastered by their grandfather.  Since 2018 Armando Jimenez and his son Alejandro have regularly exhibited their work at the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

Their work illustrates the children's book, ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish (by Cynthia Weill and K.B. Basseches, Cinco Puntos Press, 2007).
 

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Chita Rojo (red cheetah)
SKU: ARMJ-2110

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(11” w. x 17” d. x 14 3/4” h.)

$450

Conejo Amarillo (yellow rabbit)
SKU: ARMJ-2208

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Copal wood painted with acrylic paints.
(6” w. x 13 1/2” d. x 16 1/4” h.)

$410

Oso Polar (polar bear)
SKU: ARMJ-2206

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(5 1/2” w. x 10 3/4” d. x 6 1/4” h.)

$315

Nutria with fish
SKU: ARMJ-2302

Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022-23
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/2" w. x 12 1/4" l. x 5" h.)

The nutria (Myocastor coypus), also known as the coypu,[1][2] is a large, herbivorous,[3] semiaquaticrodent. Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae,[4] Myocastor is now included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats.[5][6][7] The nutria lives in burrows alongside stretches of water and feeds on river plant stems.[8] Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur farmers. (wikipedia)

$295

Chivo Rojo (red goat)
SKU: ARMJ-2209

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(5” w. x 12 1/2” d. x  10” h.)

$275

Chivo Negro
SKU: ARMJ-2217

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Copal wood painted with acrylic paints.
(12” w. x 14” l. x 12” h.)

$275

Zebra
SKU: ARMJ-2002

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020
Wood painted with acrylic paints with sisal tail and mane.
(5 1/2” w. x 11” d. x 10” h.)

$225

Borrego - Big-horned Sheep
SKU: ARMJ-2211

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(6” w. x 8.5” d. x  8.5” h.)

$225

Coyote Rojo
SKU: ARMJ-2301

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022-23
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(3" w. x 8 1/2" d. x 7 1/2" h.)

$225

Large Lemur
SKU: ARMJ-2104

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2021
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(6 1/2” w. 13" d. x 17 3/4” h.)

$325

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Conejo Turquesa (turquoise jack-rabbit)
SKU: ARMJ-2001

Armando Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, c.1995
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(8” w. x 18” d. x 10 1/4” h.).  
Note:  this large animal, from the inventory of a gallery that closed nearly 20 years ago, is still in mint condition.

$450

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Nutria Roja (Red Otter)
SKU: ARMJ-1017

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(6” w. x 13” d. x 12” h.)

$350

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Oso Cafe (brown bear)
SKU: ARMJ-2207

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(5 1/2” w. x 11 1/2” d. x 9 1/2” h.)

$325

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Chita Amarillo (yellow cheetah)
SKU: ARMJ-2205

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(5 3/4” w. x 12 1/2” d. x 13 1/4” h.)

$310

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El Zorillo (Skunk)
SKU: ARMJ-1018

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(5 1/2” w. x 13 1/2” d. x 9 1/2” h.)

$295

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Moises Jimenez and Oralia Cardenas
SKU: ARMJ-1020

Moises Jimenez and Oralia Cardenas
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(5 1/2" w. x 10 1/2" d. x 9 1/2" h.)

$295

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Cheetah
SKU: ARMJ-2101

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo, Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2021
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(5" w. x 12 1/2” d. x 13 1/4” h.)

$295

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Perro Azul
SKU: ARMJ-1901

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2019
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(13" w. x 6 1/2" d. x 12" h.)

$295

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Cheetah
SKU: ARMJ-1008

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo, Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(7 1/2" w. x 15" d. x 10" h.)

 

$275

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Green Coyote
SKU: ARMJ-1019

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(9 1/2" w. x 7 1/2" d. x 10" h.)

$275

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Venado (yellow deer)
SKU: ARMJ-2216

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Copal wood painted with acrylic paints.
(15” w. x 19 1/2” l. x 10 1/4” h.)

$275

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Blue Jaguar
SKU: ARMJ-1002

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(12 3/4" w. x 20" d. x 7 1/4" h.)

 

$275

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Chivo Negro (black goat)
SKU: ARMJ-2202

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(11” w. x 14” d. x  15 1/2” h.)

$275

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Moose
SKU: ARMJ-1005

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(12" w. x 15" d. x 11" h.)

 

$275

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Lemur
SKU: ARMJ-2004

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(5” w. x 12” d. x 15 1/2” h.)

$275

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Chivo Verde (green goat)
SKU: ARMJ-2007

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(10" w. x 10 1/2” d. x 13” h.)

$275

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Pangolin
SKU: ARMJ-2214

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Copal wood painted with acrylic paints.
(4 1/2" w. x 14 1/4” l. x 4” h.)

$245

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Tlacuaches (Possum family)
SKU: ARMJ-2212

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Copal wood painted with acrylic paints.
(7 1/2” w. x  4 1/2” d.  x 7” h.)

$245

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Red Zebra
SKU: ARMJ-2215

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Copal wood painted with acrylic paints.
(6 1/2” w. x 15” l. x 9 1/4” h.)

$245

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Tlacuaches (possum family)
SKU: ARMJ-2213

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(6 1/2” w. x  4 1/2” d.  x 6 1/2” h.)

$245

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Gorilla
SKU: ARMJ-2218

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Copal wood painted with acrylic paints.
(5 1/2” w. x 7” l. x 9 1/4” h.)

$245

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Zorro Morado (Purple fox)
SKU: ARMJ-2005

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(9 1/2” w.  x 6 1/2” d. x 9 1/2” h.)

$225

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Tlacuaches (Possum family)
SKU: ARMJ-2003

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(4” w. x 8” d. x 7 1/2” h.)

$210

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Chita (cheetah)
SKU: ARMJ-1801

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2018
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(5" w. x 11" d. x 9 1/2" h.)

$210

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Lechusa (owl)
SKU: ARMJ-1802

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2018
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/2" w. x 6 1/2" d. x 10 1/2" h.)

$210

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Tlacuaches (Possum Family - small)
SKU: ARMJ-1804

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2018
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(7 1/4" w. x 3 1/2" d. x 7 1/2" h.)

$210

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Tlacuaches rojos (possum family)
SKU: ARMJ-2201

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(6 1/2” w. x  4” d.  x 7” h.)

$210

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Tlacuaches Turquesas (possum family in turquoise)
SKU: ARMJ-2203

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(8” w. x 4” d. x 8” h.)

$210

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Conejo
SKU: MSJM-1001

Moises Jimenez and Oralia Cardenas
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(7" w. x 7 1/4" d. x 8" h.)

 

$195

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Gato Azul (blue cat)
SKU: ARMJ-1805

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2018
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(3 1/2" w. x 6" d. x 15 1/4" h.)

$195

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Red Racoon
SKU: ARMJ-2102

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2021
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/2" w. 10” d. x 10” h.)

$180

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Gato Montes (Mountain Lion)
SKU: ARMJ-2105

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2021
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/4” w. x 9 1/2” d. x 8 3/4” h.)

$180

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Jabalí (Wild Boar)
SKU: ARMJ-2103

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2021
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(3” w. x 12” d. x 6 1/4” h.)

$180

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Jabali (Wild Boar)
SKU: ARMJ-1904

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2019
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(3 1/2" w. x 9" d. x 7 1/4" h.)

$180

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Caballito (Blue Pony)
SKU: ARMJ-1903

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2019
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(9 3/4“ w. x 4 1/2" d. x 7 1/4" h.)

$180

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Torito (little black bull)
SKU: ARMJ-1902

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2019
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(10" w. x 4 1/2" d. x 6 1/2" h.)

$180

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Conejo Leyendo (Reading Rabbit)
SKU: ARMJ-2006

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2020
Wood painted with acrylic paints.
(4 1/2" w. 3 1/2”d. x 10” h.)

$175

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Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
SKU: AJM-17

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(5 3/4" w. x 10 1/2" d. x 8 3/4" h.)

$175

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Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
SKU: ARMJ-1024

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(5 1/4" w. x 5" d. x 7" h.)

$175

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Zebra
SKU: ARMJ-1001

Armando Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paint
(6 1/2" w. x 9 1/2" d. x 9" h.)

 

$175

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Coyote
SKU: ARMJ-1003

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(9" w. x 7 1/2" d. x 9 1/4" h.)

 

$175

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Gato
SKU: ARMJ-1004

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo, Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(3 1/2" w. x 11 3/4" d. x 10 1/2" h.)

 

$175

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Coyote
SKU: MSJM-1002

Moises Jimenez and Oralia Cardenas
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(8" w. x 6 1/2" d. x 9" h.)

 

$175

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Rana (frog)
SKU: ARMJ-2204

Armando Jimenez, Antonia Carrillo and Alejandro Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/4” w. x 13 1/4” d. x 3 1/2” h.)

$175

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Red Coyote
SKU: ARMJ-1007

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(8" w. x 6" d. x 9" h.)

 

$175

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Blue Owl
SKU: ARMJ-1009

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4" w. x 5 1/2" d. x 9 1/2" h.)

$165

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Conejo
SKU: ARMJ-1006

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2010
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(3 1/2" w. x 5" d. x 10 3/4" h.)

 

$165

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Zorro Amarillo (yellow fox)
SKU: ARMJ-1803

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2018
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/2" w. x 4" d. x 8" h.)

$155

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Zorro Negro (black fox)
SKU: ARMJ-1806

Armando Jimenez and Antonia Carrillo
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2018
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/2" w. x 4 1/2" d. x 6 1/2" h.)

$145

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