Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography american drawings About as folky as model

About as folky as model railroad signs could be

including the pillow upon which the mother sits and the tools she is using for her task

but do rather them all in a row

I see what I believe are two birds facing one another near the top of the bag

Mexican Folk Art Painted Cobbler's Shoe with Jesus and Crucifixion Iconography american drawings About as folky as modelI'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