HONDURAN WHITE BAT - 6.5x6.5 inches sold
Bat - 3.5x4.5 inches $45.00 sold
Snuggling - 6x4.5 inches $165.00 sold
Figs - 3x6.5 inches $135.00 sold
They Sat: A Cat (cougar), and a Bat (as a Hat) - 4.5x6 inches $145.00 sold

Ectophylla alba

Status: Near Threatened due to habitat loss and deforestation for agriculture and urban development, and no official conservation programs yet aimed at them. Populations are declining.

As flying creatures, bats were associated with the ancient Maya gods of the sky, but also as nocturnal, cave-dwelling creatures, who also found roosts in the hollows of tangled tree branches, they entered the domain of the Underworld and the spirits. Bats serve as pollinators, and as they disperse the seeds of the fruits they ate, bats also are linked to new growth that comes from the earth and from the old.

Flying along waterways, paths out from the Underworld, bats were seen as messengers between the living and spirit realm, and when they slumbered in the daytime, it was thought that they hid among the roots of the sacred tree of life, called Yaxche.

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Size: 7 x 7 inches
Medium: Ink
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