Painting
| Object Number: | 97-15-15 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 40 cm |
| Width: | 40 cm |
| Depth: | 3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number: | JS-37 - Collector Number |
Description
Spirit eye (nierica) of the sun in a sacred circle of peyote, maize, and rain serpents representing water. Antlers are in the lower right and upper left, representing the sacred deer who is peyote and maize. Ants are in the upper right and lower left corners, who stole the first maize from the goddess Niwetsika. (Furst, 2003 p.63)
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. 63 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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