Fan

Museum number:
3-28256a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210328256a@2cb
Alternate number:
3465 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Textile Ornaments "God's Eyes." Materials: Wool yarn, wood sticks. Techniques: Yarn wrapped onsticks. Colors: a-multicolor wrappings on natural wood. b-same. Dimensions: a-18 1/2" x 10 1/2", b-23 1/2" x 15 1/2". Remarks: Huichol Indians make these, were meaningful in color and design for protecting crops and children, now popularized. A--single cross with yarn fringe. B--5 crosses with cotton tufts at ends.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
MEXICO
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Materials:
Wood (plant material), Wool (textile), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
a— length 30 centimeters, b— length 40.5 centimeters, b— width 61 centimeters, and a— width 28.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Fan, accession number 3-28256a,b, described as Textile Ornaments "God's Eyes." Materials: Wool yarn, wood sticks. Techniques: Yarn wrapped onsticks. Colors: a-multicolor wrappings on natural wood. b-same. Dimensions: a-18 1/2" x 10 1/2", b-23 1/2" x 15 1/2". Remarks: Huichol Indians make these, were meaningful in color and design for protecting crops and children, now popularized. A--single cross with yarn fringe. B--5 crosses with cotton tufts at ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Fan, accession number 3-28256a,b, described as Textile Ornaments "God's Eyes." Materials: Wool yarn, wood sticks. Techniques: Yarn wrapped onsticks. Colors: a-multicolor wrappings on natural wood. b-same. Dimensions: a-18 1/2" x 10 1/2", b-23 1/2" x 15 1/2". Remarks: Huichol Indians make these, were meaningful in color and design for protecting crops and children, now popularized. A--single cross with yarn fringe. B--5 crosses with cotton tufts at ends.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Fan, accession number 3-28256a,b, described as Textile Ornaments "God's Eyes." Materials: Wool yarn, wood sticks. Techniques: Yarn wrapped onsticks. Colors: a-multicolor wrappings on natural wood. b-same. Dimensions: a-18 1/2" x 10 1/2", b-23 1/2" x 15 1/2". Remarks: Huichol Indians make these, were meaningful in color and design for protecting crops and children, now popularized. A--single cross with yarn fringe. B--5 crosses with cotton tufts at ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 3-28256a,b, described as Textile Ornaments "God's Eyes." Materials: Wool yarn, wood sticks. Techniques: Yarn wrapped onsticks. Colors: a-multicolor wrappings on natural wood. b-same. Dimensions: a-18 1/2" x 10 1/2", b-23 1/2" x 15 1/2". Remarks: Huichol Indians make these, were meaningful in color and design for protecting crops and children, now popularized. A--single cross with yarn fringe. B--5 crosses with cotton tufts at ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 3-28256a,b, described as Textile Ornaments "God's Eyes." Materials: Wool yarn, wood sticks. Techniques: Yarn wrapped onsticks. Colors: a-multicolor wrappings on natural wood. b-same. Dimensions: a-18 1/2" x 10 1/2", b-23 1/2" x 15 1/2". Remarks: Huichol Indians make these, were meaningful in color and design for protecting crops and children, now popularized. A--single cross with yarn fringe. B--5 crosses with cotton tufts at ends.

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