Painting
97-15-1
From: Western Mexico | Tepic | Comunidad Indigena de Zitakua | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-15-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Western Mexico | Tepic | Comunidad Indigena de Zitakua | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Creator | Jose Benitez Sanchez |
| Date Made | circa 1995 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Beeswax | Yarn | Wood |
| Description | A dark green spirit eye (nierica) is above center, below a row of five peyotes. A smaller, bright green nierica is in the center. A third, blue and orange nierica is in the lower center portion of the painting. Each nierica has two pairs of prominent antlers. Right of center has a shaman accompanied by rain serpents surrounding a deer. Left of center are animals including a nocturnal creature, and possibly a hummingbird, a large porcupine?, snakes, insects, and a deer head. The bottom of the painting depicts a deer on its back with song lines coming from its mouth. (Furst, 2003 p. 91) |
| Height | 81.5 cm |
| Length | 122 cm |
| Depth | 5.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number | JS-1 - Collector Number |
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