Antonio Alonso: Emperor Xolo Cartoneria Home Decor it feels like the cat

it feels like the cat is draped in a ceremonial textile

Magaly Fuentes

Alfredo Fuentes’ adorable little fawn steps forward confidently

Delighful miniatture dog figurine by Oaxacan woodcarviing artist Ana Xuana

Antonio Alonso: Emperor Xolo Cartoneria Home Decor it feels like the catThis is one of Antonio Alonso's most symbolically rich pieces, a seated Xoloitzcuintle crowned with a magnificent radiating headdress of cut paper. The Xolo, Mexico's ancient hairless dog, was considered by the Aztecs to be a sacred guide for souls traveling to Mictln, the underworld, and Antonio renders him here with all the gravitas of that mythic role. The dog is sculpted in a noble seated posture, long forelegs straight beneath a deep chest, ears