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Gabriel Bautista and Tepehuán

Mountain People Yarn Painting (cuadro)

c. 2010

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Mountain People Yarn Painting (cuadro)

c. 2010

Physical Qualities Acrylic yarn, beeswax, plywood, Sight: 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm.) Framed: 41 in. (104.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Thomas P. Leff and Melanie DeMent, Kennedyville, Maryland
Object Number 2025.204
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2025; Thomas P. Leff and Melanie DeMent, Chesapeake City, Maryland, by purchase 2016 or 2017; Philadelphia Museum of Art Shop
Collection rotation, "New Acquisitions," Joseph Education Center, December 16, 2025-

Inscribed: Inscribed, ink on wood: Centro ceremonial es por donde se danceo una noche en lo fiesta tradicional del mitate. El macuchi lo utiliza el curendero para depositarlo en la pipa y haces los curaciones a los enfermos. La chupairoso es el terces enviado del curendero a 1 dios del agua. En la olla es donde se cosinon las alumates sagrados para los choses y tambien se ponenlas ofrendas. Las plumos son utilizados para haces los limpias a las enfermos. El fuego es para quemar a las espiritus molignos que atacan a las persones y negosios Translation by donor: A traditional round dance is performed in a ceremonial circle where the shaman/healer deposits herbs in a sacred pipe used to cure the sick. The chuparosa herb is given to the healer by the water god. These sacred ingredients are cooked along with other offerings. Feathers are used to clean the sick. The fire burns the malignant spirits that attack people and helpers./Gabriel Bautista

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