Painting
97-15-5
From: Western Mexico | Tepic | Comunidad Indigena de Zitakua | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-15-5 |
| 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 | 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) |
| Height | 61 cm |
| Width | 80 cm |
| Depth | 5.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number | JS-9 - Collector Number |
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