large yarn painting; depicts singing shaman with sick Huichol and his wife; shaman holds healing instrument (muvieri) to diagnose illness; patient and wife holding lit candles; tools beneath patient; varicolored wool yarn in wax on plywood; made for sale but illustrates on facet of Huichol religion
Donor:
Richard L. Kilham and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nayarit, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Yarn paintings
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1979-1980 #65: International House (UC Berkeley) (May 16, 1980–May 19, 1980)