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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.49
Display Title
"Feast of the Hikuli" or "Parched Corn Ceremony" fiesta
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30401 H8129"; Typed caption on mount: "The triumphal return of the peyote hunters is re-enacted at the beginning of the / 6-day peyote celebration. This fiesta (called 'Feast of the Hikuli' by Lumholtz / and 'the Parched Corn Ceremony' by Zingg), given four months after the return of / the peyote-seekers, is a dramatization of their 43-day pilgrimage to gather the / sacred cactus."
Keywords
- Ceremony
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Peyote
- Procession
- fiesta
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 19.3675 × 24.4475 cm (7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
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