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Unidentified and Wixárika (Huichol)

The Creation of the Jicara Bowl Yarn Painting (cuadro)

21st century

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The Creation of the Jicara Bowl Yarn Painting (cuadro)

21st century

Physical Qualities Acrylic yarn, beeswax, plywood, Sight: 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm.) Framed: 31 in. (78.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Thomas P. Leff and Melanie DeMent, Kennedyville, Maryland
Object Number 2025.205
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2025; Thomas P. Leff and Melanie DeMent, Chesapeake City, Maryland, by purchase in Mexico

Inscribed: On back, ink on wood: La jicara sagrada con sus serpientes que protegen las milpas, la lluvia, el maracame (chaman) reside poderes de la serpiente de la tierra y el sol y la lluvia por eso hacemos seremonia de rituales de nuestros ante pasado. [illegible] Translation: The sacred jicara with its snakes that protect the corn fields and the rain. The maracame (shaman) possesses the powers of the snake, the earth, the sun, and the rain out of which we create the ceremonial rituals of our past.

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