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Collection of "eyes," "namas," prayer arrows, and god stoolets
Collection of "eyes," "namas," prayer arrows, and god stoolets
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.62
Display Title Collection of "eyes," "namas," prayer arrows, and god stoolets
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30410 (whole board) H8154"; Typed caption on mount: "'Eyes,' 'Namas,' prayer arrows, and god stoolets / See collection list Nos. 98 to 112; 158 to 161; / and 183, 185, 178 and 187."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Ceremony
Subject
  • offering
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: 11.43 × 15.875 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1940

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