Wooden Notebook with Mexican Straw Popote or Popotillo Folk Art Mosaic Painting

Orange handcrafted wooden notebook with a Mexican straw "Popote" or "Popotillo" art mosaic painting and white paper sheets. The mosaic features a Mexican village scene. This piece is from the early 2000s and was made by the Mexican family Salinas, who has passed this technic from parents to children for over a hundred years. New, never used. The notebook has a rustic finish and might have some imperfections from the handcrafted process. However, the mosaic is intact with no missing straw pieces. The paper pages are in mint condition. Size in inches: 7 x 5.5 x 5/8. --- Popotillo is an ancient art. The image you see now was 100% handmade in Mexico and remained the same as they ever were. My supplier in Mexico creates these mosaics with her family in the same manner as she learned from her grandfather. The History of Popotillo: These wonderful paintings cross the line between fine art and folk art. What is known is that popotillo straw has been used by the indigenous populations of central Mexico both for art and for domestic purposes since before the arrival of the Spanish. A highly developed craft by the mid 1800s, no two designs are ever exactly alike. The Art: Popotillo (“thin straw” in Spanish) is a type of sacaton grass (genus: Sporobolus) that has been used since pre-Columbia times in various forms of folk art. This kind of straw is also commonly used to make brooms. It is also known as “popote de cambray” in Spanish. In pre-Hispanic