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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.40
Display Title
Dancers during Peyote fiesta at Pochotita led by the devil-man
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Mexico: State of Jalisco / 40-88 / N30392 H8113"; Typed caption on mount: "Dancers during the Peyote fiesta at Pochotita, led by the 'devil- / man,' dance for hours in a blistering sun. By taking drinks of / payote at regular intervals they seemed to be immune both to the / heat and to fatigue. The leader wears plumes of rooster feathers / and is festooned with strings of bamboo rattles."
Keywords
- Ceremony
- Dance
- Clothing and Accessory
- Smoking and Stimulant
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Dance
- fiesta
- Peyote
- Costume
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 24.13 × 19.3675 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 1940
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