Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography wooden planter 6 3/4" l x 4

6 3/4" l x 4 1/4" t x 3 5/8" w

--so as to be to able to light a couple of candles wherever one goes

and very readable entries describing many hundreds of species

Very good condition

The ring could be removed from the backside by snipping the black thread that holds it

Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography wooden planter 6 3/4" l x 4I've certainly seen Mexican folk art cobbler's forms completely covered with Milagros, but I had not seen a painted on before though have since learned this too is a genre. This is by far the best example I've found, painted with the face of Christ on the toe, and then imagery related to the crucifixion on all sides (nails for the cross, tools of torture, Judas' bag of silver.) Perhaps not for everyone but I really love both the manner of the painting