Painting
| Object Number: | 97-15-1 |
|---|---|
| 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 Yarn Wood |
| 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 |
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)
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. 91 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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