Wood prayer sticks, "ojos de Dios", wound with wool yarns in bright colors center of white, blue, orange, black, red. 20 3/4 in tall
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Oaxaca, 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
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 30.5 centimeters and width 50 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #29: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (November 10, 1964–November 11, 1964), S1966-1967 #55: California State University, Chico (January 13, 1967–July 6, 1967), and S1967-1968 #3: California State University, East Bay (July 6, 1967–December 15, 1967)