Sandal

38-23-156

From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38-23-156
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Huichol
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Palm Leaf
Description

From 38-23-154. Of flat irregular looped strips of braided palm leaf. Attached to shaman's arrow it formed a means of communicating with the god, symbolizing the foot beat of the celebrant in the dance of the hiculi [peyote] ceremony. The beat of the dance symbolizes the preparation of the ground for the seed corn.

Length 23 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938

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