Handmade Mexican Folk Art Wooden Armadillo Attrib. Manuel Jimenez Myanmar regardless

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but I think he or she was a pretty terrific weaver

I found it at a terrific estate sale in Concord

He'd be excellent stuck to the car dashboard as a good luck talisman

This hand thrown small plate/dish was created by Mary and Edwin Scheier

Handmade Mexican Folk Art Wooden Armadillo Attrib. Manuel Jimenez Myanmar regardlessWhat a fabulous armadillo this may be my very favorite animal find yet to add to the menagerie! The body and head are carved of one piece, to which the legs and tail have each been attached by nails (with the nail attached to the tail left loose enough to allow the tail to move from side to side!), and the wood has been left untreated, vigorously decorated with what appears to be black marker, with red inside the mouth as the perfect final touch. So