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.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Santiago de Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Nayarit; Santiago Ixc. [?]
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
Susan Eger
Collection date:
April 1983
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Context of use:
Offering to the gods that they will hear prayers for health, luck, and well-being.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 21.7 centimeters and height 11.3 centimeters
Loans:
S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)