Entre Cactus Y Nahuales Item Number: 3407/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Unglazed and unpainted ceramic sculpture of a cacti garden, on a rounded mound. Back of mound is undecorated. Animals spread throughout garden, most along bottom edge. Animals include lizards, a rabbit-like creature, cat-like creature and snake. All animals are coloured beige, with dark orange highlights. Cacti type and size vary throughout garden, and are all coloured beige. Tree-like cacti have dark orange flowers along the tips of their arms. All design elements are textured, with impressed dots, incised lines and moulded ridges. Mound is coloured dark orange and has a small hole in the top centre. Large hole in the back of the mound. Artist signature on back.
The artist uses two types of clay to create texture and varying colouration- her pieces are unpainted. She has developed natural substances, agobes, to add further colours. Agobes are based in clay and coloured with natural substances, such as volcanic ash and stone.
Animals throughout sculpture are nahuales (or nagual), supernatural shape changers.