Painting
| Object Number: | 97-15-27 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Huichol |
| Provenience: | Western Mexico Tepic Comunidad Indigena de Zitakua Nayarit |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Maker: | Jose Benitez Sanchez |
| Date Made: | circa 1995 |
| Early Date: | 1990 |
| Late Date: | 1996 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Beeswax Wool Wood |
| Height: | 80 cm |
| Width: | 122 cm |
| Depth: | 6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number: | JS-28 - Collector Number |
Description
Depiction of figures in the sacred peyote desert, Wirikuta. The center hass a deer head with snakes streaming downward. On the left are eight figures, four of whom wear skirts. To right of the central deer head are two deer heads in circles. Below these are four deer heads in circles, above insects, above rain serpents.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Huichol Yarn Paintings (1996 - 2004) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Furst, Peter T. 2003. Visions of a Huichol Shaman.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 99 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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