Description
yarn, wood, wax
measures 30 x 30cm
This Wixarika Huichol yarn painting depicts six serpents encircling a peyote button, the sacred cactus.
Made in Real de Catorce, in the San Luis Potosi region of Mexico, in the mountains above Wirrikuta, the Peyote Gardens, this yarn painting is unique and made by hand pressing individual threads on to a wax covered piece of wood.
The Indigenous Mexican Wixarika Huichol artists work collaboratively as a family and Benigno Carrillo Bautista, his wife, Margarita Carrillo Reza, and his brother Angel Carrillo Carrillo. They create intricate art pieces using traditional Wixarika symbols and allies. Representations of sacred objects, ceremonies, and the Wixarika cosmovision are depicted in these traditional artworks.
Artisans are compensated fairly for their art and sales of these items further support Indigenous led projects that perpetuate spiritual traditions in their communities.
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