Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Painted Clay Coyote tall columnar vase Someone long ago

Someone long ago

but which seems to me now a perfect Valentine

with traditional costumes representing all of the states of the Soviet Union at the time

just wonderfully at ease

presuming that was its original purpose

Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Painted Clay Coyote tall columnar vase Someone long agoA total charmer, and older Mexican folk clay animals in this manner are quite hard to come by. With its long legs and tall ears, I take this creature for a coyote. Wonderful face, wonderful tail, wonderful yellow, and with quite a patina that makes it seem that it may have been incorporated into an alter, accruing some of the soot. Terrific. 3 3 4 t x 2 1 2 w x 1 7 8 d and in good structural condition, no notable chips or cracks that I see. I'm not