Painting
| Object Number: | 97-15-5 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 61 cm |
| Width: | 80 cm |
| Depth: | 5.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number: | JS-9 - Collector Number |
Description
The center top shows two disembodied eyes representing the sky goddess Our Mother Young Eagle Girl. Below that is a spirit eye (nierica) and a deer head, which depicts the great deer that presides over all deer. A mountain in the upper left sits above rain serpents which sit above a large, black serpent with antlers. Below center is a flame. In the lower right are 4 purple deer below mountains and peyote- a depiction of Wirikuta, a sacred peyote desert. Along the mid right border is a figure reclining. In the upper right corner are serpents. (Furst, 2003 p.87)
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. 87 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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