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Featured Reviews on Culture Wall Art
Huichol beadwork nierika wall decor, 'Rabbit Run'





By Garth
Well loved gift
I bought this for my niece who loves indigenous cultures, rabbits and Pink Floyd. Well made and we both are delighted. Thinking about buying one for myself.
Cotton wall decor, 'Histories of Love'





By Joanne
Lovely Worry Doll Wreath
I love this worry doll double heart wreath. Its a little bit smaller than I thought but its beautiful and well made just the same.
Cotton batik wall art, 'Good Akan Mother'





By Amanda
Beautiful piece of art
Love the artwork Good Akan Mother. It arrived quickly to the United States and looks just like the picture online. I also like that it is signed by the artist. I will definitely be investing in a glass frame to protect this beautiful work!
Popular Culture Wall Art
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Huichol Beadwork Nierika Painting Mexican Folk Art Handmade, "Run Rabbit Run"
$319Shaped like a blossom with five wide petals, this votive "painting" depicts white rabbits that chase each other in a counterclockwise direction. The long-legged creatures leap lithely amid colorful Huichol icons. and the cereal that currently nourishes all of humanity, the corn or The creator of this artistic offering and its beholder who, upon acknowledging the message of its symbolism, will awaken their genetic memory, thus sharing their common millennial roots.
"This nierika in particular is the meeting of our star — the sun — in the center and the moon, the mirror that reflects the solar energy as a diamond, the vital movement on our planet Earth, which is symbolized by the rabbit that, in its running, makes the temporality of earthly existence.
"Inside the rabbit is represented the universal symbol of the eternal energy that animates it. The arrows are our dreams, our songs transforming our desires into realities, a transformation symbolized by the butterflies that — by distributing the seeds of our ancestors stored in the flowers — permanently feed back the earthly energy that nurtures our existence.
"The diamond figures represent the cosmos, the harmonic order that each one of us becomes when we transform ourselves in autonomous organisms in harmony with our entire earthly environment."
"This nierika was inspired by the lyrics of a song by Roger Waters named 'Breathe.'
Run, rabbit run...
For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave....
The intricate images are formed with tiny seed beads, patiently placed one at a time with a needle on a huanacaxtle wood backing. Beeswax is used instead of glue. Because his name in the Huichol language means "obsidian butterfly," the artisan signs his work with the symbol of a butterfly. -
Handmade Guatemalan Worry Doll Cross for Wall Display, "Keep the Faith"
$54.99By Elias Garcia, this handcrafted cross is a reminder of the importance of faith. The artisan covers the open figure with handwoven fabric. Diminutive worry dolls in handwoven apparel stand shoulder to shoulder to surround the cutout cross. According to Maya legend, the sun god gave princess Ixmucane the gift of solving people's problems. With time people started making dolls in Ixmucane's honor and they would tell her their woes, hoping she would solve them through the dolls. Many people whisper to the dolls, then place them under their pillows at night, hoping that the doll will provide a solution as they sleep.
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Heart-Shaped Cotton Worry Doll Wall Decor from Guatemala, "Histories of Love"
$47.99$43.19Guatemalan artisan Elias García offers this piece of wall decor that celebrates the tradition of or worry dolls. This wreath features an array of decorative quitapenas dolls wearing colorful clothing that is handwoven from cotton on the floor loom. They are arranged into the romantic shape of two hearts.
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Bride and Groom Catrina Day of the Dead Wall Accent, "I Do"
$39.99A bride , clutching a flower bouquet, gazes fondly at her groom in this delightful wall accent from Mexico's Rocio Pindter. The glitter-accented paper image is set on a hand painted tin frame that has been adorned with flowers and hearts.
The original "La Calavera Catrina" was a zinc etching created by the artist José Guadalupe Posada in Mexico around 1910. Posada created the character, a female skeleton with an elegant hat, as a satirical portrait of Mexican natives who aspired to European style and denied their own heritage. The catrina has since become an emblem of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration and a popular folk art subject.