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Altar to 'Grandfather Fire' at Las Latas
Altar to 'Grandfather Fire' at Las Latas
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.46
Display Title Altar to 'Grandfather Fire' at Las Latas
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30398 H8119"; Typed caption on mount: "The altar to 'Grandfather Fire' at Las Latas is the center of a special / ceremony during which tiny tamales are distributed to the peyoteros by / the tenanches. Later these tamales are tossed into the central fire as an / offering to 'Grandfather Fire.' Under the altar, thrust in the ground, are / various shaman's plumes decorated with pendant hawk and eagle feathers. / Seated at the extreme left are several of the tenanches."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Architectural Feature
  • Ceremony
Subject
  • offering
  • Altar
  • Peyote
  • fiesta
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: 19.3675 × 24.13 cm (7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

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