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Participants in Peyote Fiesta at Las Latas circle the singing shamans
Participants in Peyote Fiesta at Las Latas circle the singing shamans
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.44
Display Title Participants in Peyote Fiesta at Las Latas circle the singing shamans
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30396 H8117"; Typed caption on mount: "Participants in the Peyote Fiesta at Las Latas circle the singing shamans / at the beginning of the peyote dance. At the right the three leaders of the / dance pause and pay their respects before the altar to Grandfather Fire."
Keywords
  • Ceremony
  • Ethnographic
  • Public Structure
  • Architectural Feature
Subject
  • Peyote
  • Altar
  • fiesta
  • Temple
Department Photographic
Date 1938
Artist Edwin F. Myers
Culture
  • Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.685 × 24.4475 cm (7 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1940

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