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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.41
Display Title
Stuffed fox representing a Christian carried by Peyote Fiesta celebrators
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30393 H8114"; Typed caption on mount: "A stuffed fox is carried by one of the Peyote Fiesta celebrators. In its / mouth is a beraggled doll representing a Christian. Although many animals / are considered sacred, the attitude of the dancers to this stuffed fox was / light jesting. Like certain other primitive races, the Huichols mix / mockery and buffoonery with some of their most sacred and solemn ceremonies."
Keywords
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
- Ceremony
Subject
- Peyote
- fiesta
- Christian
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 19.685 × 24.4475 cm (7 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 1940
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