Painting
97-15-15
From: Western Mexico | Tepic | Comunidad Indigena de Zitakua | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-15-15 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Western Mexico | Tepic | Comunidad Indigena de Zitakua | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Creator | Jose Benitez Sanchez |
| Period | Late 20th Century |
| Date Made | circa 1995 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Beeswax | Yarn | Wood |
| Description | Spirit eye (nierica) of the sun in a sacred circle of peyote, maize, and rain serpents representing water. Antlers are in the lower right and upper left, representing the sacred deer who is peyote and maize. Ants are in the upper right and lower left corners, who stole the first maize from the goddess Niwetsika. (Furst, 2003 p.63) |
| Height | 40 cm |
| Width | 40 cm |
| Depth | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mark D. Lang, 1997 |
| Other Number | JS-37 - Collector Number |
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