Painting
| Object Number: | 97-15-3 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 60 cm |
| Width: | 60 cm |
| Depth: | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number: | JS-7 - Collector Number |
Description
A procession of five sacred deer with song lines coming from their mouths. Nine rain serpents are above the deer and betweent their horns. An arrow is depicted above each serpent. The lower border and areas around the arrows may both depict flames. (Furst, 2003 p. 65)
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. 65 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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