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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.53
Display Title
Deer shrine five miles east of Guadalupe Ocotan
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30405 H8145"; Typed caption on mount: "This deer shrine was found about five miles east of Guadalupe Ocotan. / See Zingg's 'The Huichols: Primitive Artists' pp. 356, 660 and 661."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Public Structure
- Ceremony
Subject
- Deer
- offering
- shrine
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 19.685 × 24.4475 cm (7 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
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