Soledad Cruz: Jaguars Encounter Woodcarving Virgin of Guadalupe The geometry

The geometry

a pioneer in the village's woodcarving tradition

a teal facial disc with radiating lines

compact and warm

exceptional woodcarvings

Soledad Cruz: Jaguars Encounter Woodcarving Virgin of Guadalupe The geometryExtraordinary jaguar encounter by Oaxacan woodcarving artist Soledad Cruz, one of the finest painters in the tradition. Soledad worked with her husband Neri, who carved the two jaguars, while she painted them with the precision and depth that has made their collaboration so admired among serious collectors. The jaguar held supreme power in the Mesoamerican world. For the Zapotecs and Aztecs alike, it was the lord of the underworld, a symbol of royal