Yarn painting, square panel, yellow field, striped border, plants depicted lower half, multi-colored but mainly maroon, hunter holding bow and shooting arrow on right at green deer on left. 61 cm square
Donor:
Peter T. Furst and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nayarit, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Nayarit or Jalisco; Huichol
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Maker or artist:
Ramon Medina Silva
Collector:
Peter T. Furst
Collection date:
1968
Materials:
Yarn
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
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
A ceremonial deer hunt with bow and arrow. That the man hunting is a shaman is evident from the X-ray treatment of his body. Shamans or super-natural beings are often "skeletonized" in Huichol art.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 61 centimeters and length 61 centimeters
Loans:
S1987-1988 #5: Hyatt Regency Hotel (July 16, 1987–September 17, 1987)