HUICHOL YARN PAINTING: Bordered with triple borders of maroon, grey and white surrounding a hot pink, orange and red ground. Design includes a wavy band (yellow, royal blue, turquoise) separating the upper red ground from the pink and orange ground. Superimposed on the pink and orange ground is a large round object with two bird-like feet (shades of pink, wine and white) and what may be 5 tail feathers (shades of pink) at base. 2 antennae-like features are at each side (yellow white, pink). Emerging from the open top of the object is a figure of a boy with arms spread wide and wearing a pair of antlers on his head (yellow, pink, turquoise). To each side of him are pairs of triangles (red, orange, yellow) beyond which the sides of the object rise with jagged edges to the height of the boy’s antlers. These devices are black but bordered with greens and pinks. The lower portion of the round object is shades of blues, pinks, white, yellow, orange, wine and topped by several bands of green The entire figure grouping is bordered with bands of green, pink and navy blue. At bottom on each side are two devices which may represent plants with a black core and with a very pale pink protuberance on each side. The object to the right also has a white triangular inset within the black core. Yarn is attached to a 3mm thick sheet of plywood. NOTE: Insect damage on proper left edge
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
John Paul
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