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Singing Shaman (center) and his two assistants chant the details of 43-day peyote pilgrimage
Singing Shaman (center) and his two assistants chant the details of 43-day peyote pilgrimage
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.45
Display Title Singing Shaman (center) and his two assistants chant the details of 43-day peyote pilgrimage
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30397 H8118"; Typed caption on mount: "The Singing Shaman (center) and his two assistants chant the minute details of / the 43-day peyote pilgrimage. These singers chant for nearly 20 consecutive / hours. At their feet lies an 'altar' of dried grass in which may be seen two / deer-tail 'plumes' (extreme left and right), a folded serape (center) on which / tamales have been placed, a glass bottle containing the peyote drink made from / fresh peyotes and water, and a gourd bowl for tesguino (corn beer). On his / hat the singing shaman wears squirrel tails, orchids, and a bunch of shamans' / plumes."
Keywords
  • Ritual Figure
  • Ceremony
  • Ethnographic
  • Smoking and Stimulant
Subject
  • fiesta
  • offering
  • Peyote
  • Shaman
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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