Ojos de dios

Museum number:
3-15750
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1241
Description:
Wood prayer stick, "ojos de Dios", wound with wool yarns in bright colors, center of yellow, brown, white, green. 20 3/4 inches tall.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Nayarit, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Nayarit; Huichol
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Materials:
Wood (plant material) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 52.705 centimeters, width 46.5 centimeters, and length 33 centimeters
Comment:
L-3-8
Loans:
S1966-1967 #55: California State University, Chico (January 13, 1967–July 6, 1967), S1967-1968 #3: California State University, East Bay (July 6, 1967–December 15, 1967), S1968-1969 #102: Mission High School (April 16, 1969–April 29, 1969), and S1981-1982 #51: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (March 18, 1982–June 23, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ojos de dios, accession number 3-15750, described as Wood prayer stick, "ojos de Dios", wound with wool yarns in bright colors, center of yellow, brown, white, green. 20 3/4 inches tall.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ojos de dios, accession number 3-15750, described as Wood prayer stick, "ojos de Dios", wound with wool yarns in bright colors, center of yellow, brown, white, green. 20 3/4 inches tall.

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