Painting
| Object Number: | 97-15-25 |
|---|---|
| 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: | Wool Wood Beeswax |
| Height: | 60.5 cm |
| Width: | 81.2 cm |
| Thickness: | 5.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number: | JS-10 - Collector Number |
Description
Depiction of how the Sun came into the world in a fiery, volcanic explosion. The upper right is an underground path lined with prayer arrows and footprints, showing the Sun's path to the west. The lower left shows the Sun Father being sent into the sky by Grandfather Fire and his assistant, Deer Person Kauyumari. The diagonal band from lower right to upper center is the Sun's path to the sky. (Furst, 2003 p. 95)
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. 95 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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