Yarn painting depicting the birth of the sun
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Artist/Maker
- Félix Pérez González (Felix Perez Gonzalez), Wixarika (Huichol)
- Seller
- Bernard Cohen, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Bernard Cohen, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Purchased by Bernard Cohen in a shop in California between 1970 and 1975; purchased by NMAI from Bernard Cohen in 2003.
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- Date created
- circa 1965
- Catalog Number
- 26/2623
- Barcode
- 262623.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Yarn painting depicting the birth of the sun
- Media/Materials
- Plywood, wool yarn, beeswax
- Techniques
- Glued
- Dimensions
- 60 x 60 cm
- Place
- Jalisco State, Nayarit State; Mexico
- See related items
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_278738
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6aa01bd7b-1333-4e76-a71a-e352aa95f6ad
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