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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.52
Display Title
Burned god-house of the Huichol 'gobernador' of Guadalupe Ocotan
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30404 H8144"; Typed caption on mount: "Burned god-house of the Huichol 'gobernador' of Guadalupe / Ocotan - destroyed by rebel Huichols in Feb. 1938. The / painted stone disc (nealika) with mountain lion design / which is seen in the back wall is in the Myers Collection. / The Huichols believe their gods enter through the loop- / hole in the center of the 'nealika.' / Since 1934 a band of about 75 armed men, half Huichols and / half mestizos, have ravaged the region, burned the / 'rancherias' and killing more than 60 of the natives. / Several months after my departure, my Huichol friend, who / accompanied me into the region, and six companions were / assassinated by this band."
Keywords
- Public Structure
- Architectural Feature
- Painting
- Ethnographic
Subject
- stone disc
- Painted
- Temple
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 12.3825 × 17.145 cm (4 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
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