Oaxacan style wood carving-(pronounced Wa-Haw-Ken) whimsical and enchanting art figures Imaginative and brilliantly colored figures are hand-carved and painted in villages in the state of Oaxaca, home of the Zapotec Indians in Southern Mexico. Each figure is handmade from copal wood from the hills surrounding the Oaxacan Valley using machetes and pocket knives. Artists carve the basic shape of a figure in few days then hand sand and paint each piece. Fantasy and imagination fill each piece with movement and humor.

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