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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.61
Display Title
Collection of votive bowls and offerings
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30410 (whole board) H8153"; Typed caption on mount: "Votive bowls and votive offerings / See collection Nos. 214 to 235; 236; and 88 to 91 / The largest votive bowl (center) belonged to the grand- / father of one of the officials of Santa Catarina. It is / over 50 years old. / The short brazil-wood wand (itzu) was taken from the / Temple to the Sun at Pochotita and secretly sold to me by / my Huichol friend's father, the 'Ta-yau,' or representative / of 'Our Father Sun,' at the time."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Household
- Ceremony
Subject
- votive
- Bowl
- offering
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 × 16.51 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 1940
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