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Pedro Chinoi, brother of Pascual Chino, dressed as a singing shaman
Pedro Chinoi, brother of Pascual Chino, dressed as a singing shaman
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.36
Display Title Pedro Chinoi, brother of Pascual Chino, dressed as a singing shaman
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30388 H8109"; Typed caption on mount: "Pedro Chinoi, brother of Pascual Chino, dressed as a singing / shaman, in front of one of the god-houses of his brother's / 'rancheria' at Vallecita, community of Tuxpan. / See Zingg's 'The Huichols: Primitive Artists' pp. iv to lix"
Keywords
  • Ritual Figure
  • Clothing and Accessory
  • Proper Name
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Man
  • Shaman
  • Clothing
Department Photographic
Date 1938
Artist Edwin F. Myers
Culture
  • Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco
Additional Geographic Terms Tuxpan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 24.4475 × 19.685 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

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