Wixárika Yarn Painting / Mesoamerican; Wixáritari

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Wixárika Yarn Painting

Culture:

Mesoamerican; Wixáritari

Date:

20th century

Materials/Techniques:

yarn on board

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Accession No:

99.190

Department:

Not On View

Dimensions

Framed:

Height: 98 3/8in. (249.9cm)
Width: 50 1/8in. (127.3cm)
Depth: 3 7/8in. (9.8cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

antlers, baskets, beeswax, birds (animals), blood, blossom, cactus, candles, chaos, children, clothes, clothing, Cooking, corn, crescent moons, crucifixes, day, deer, disorder, eagles (birds), Feathers, fires, flames, floods, flowers, goats (genus), guitars, hats, heart, houses, Huichol, humans, hunters, hunting, life, lips (animal components), lizard, love, men, Mexican, moons, mountains, night, nighttime, nose (animal components), owls (birds), patterns (design elements), people, plants, quivers, Rabbits, religion, sheep (genus), snakes, snow, sun, swimming, trees, volcano, water, West Mexico, wings, winter, women, worshipping, yarn

Cite this Page

Wixárika Yarn Painting. 99.190. 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/99190 (09/24/2019).

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