Object class: Bowls (vessels) / Materials: Glass (material) / Loans: S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl (jícara), accession number 3-29553, described as Votive bowl: hemispherical gourd, varicolored glass "seed" beads used to create deer, eagle, butterflies, anthropomorphic figure and corn plant; yellow, orange, white, green, etc. on black ground; center bottom are circular designs with zigzags; rim diameter 21.7 cm, height 11.3 cm. Native name: rukiri. Materials, techniques: Jicara (gourd), glass seed beads, beeswax. Context of use: Offering to the gods so that they will hear prayers for health, luck, and well-being. See o 93, "Art of the Huichol Indians. Kathy Berrin, ed., and pp 67-71, "Vida y Arte de Los Huicholes, Segunda Parte, El Arte, Artes des Mexico No. 161. Collector is author of chapter "Huichol Women's Art" in Art of the Huichol Indians, K. Berrin et al.