Painting
| Object Number: | 97-15-4 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 80 cm |
| Width: | 58 cm |
| Depth: | 3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number: | JS-8 - Collector Number |
Description
Central design showing a mother giving birth to twins, depicting the first birth of the human race. Below that, a mother is giving birth to a single child with a midwife on one side and an antlered cultural hero, Kauyumari, on the other side. Hummingbirds and inverted turtles along the right border. Deer and turtles along the left border. Snakes along the top border. Iguana in top left. (Furst, 2003 p. 53)
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. 53 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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