Object #MX-OAX-040
Oaxaca Painted Miniature
Oaxaca, Mexico
₹3,290
Painted with a brush of three cat hairs. Signed underneath.
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Origin
Oaxaca, Mexico
Material
Copal wood
Made by
Independent artisan studio
Dimensions
12 cm × 7 cm
Sourced
2026 Nomad Collection
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
The Object
Painted with a brush of three cat hairs. Signed underneath. Sized to be used every day rather than displayed, and made in numbers small enough that we cannot promise a second one.
The Story
We found this on our Oaxaca collection trip, in a workshop we were taken to by someone who asked us not to name it. It was not for sale that morning; it was drying on a rack by the door.
What we look for is not rarity for its own sake. It is the sense that someone made a decision — about a curve, a weight, a finish — and then stood by it. This object is the result of about forty such decisions.
Where we found it
Oaxaca
Mexico
A short walk from the centre, in a district where workshops still sit between apartments and the same families have worked the same trade for three generations.
Latitude
17.0700° N
Longitude
96.7200° W
The Nomad Object Passport
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Object #MX-OAX-040
Origin
Oaxaca, Mexico
Coordinates
17.0700° N / 96.7200° W
Discovered
Spring 2026
Category
Art
Material
Copal wood
Collection
No. 0304
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