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God's Eye FigureNi61

Three sticks, a vertical stick and two others that cross it at angles. Blue yarn wrapped around sticks to form a hexagon. Three irregular pieces of paper have partial words in pink or black on green or white, red and blue ground. Paper attached to base of central stick with green yarn. Handle notched at either end is attached to end of central stick with purple yarn. Length of purple yarn along handle and wrapped around each notch.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, paper and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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God's Eye FigureNi60

Two wooden sticks forming a cross have blue and orange yarn wrapped around the junction to form a diamond pattern. Top end of central stick and cross- stick on left wrapped in unspun wool. Small woven square has orange cross-stitch central design of a female in a skirt. Square attached to top of central stick by orange thread.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, wood and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueNi59

Small plaque with upward curving edges. Upper surface painted red with a starfish made of beeswax at centre. Surface of wax covered with a white crystal-like substance. Red glass bead pressed into centre of animal.

Culture
Huichol
Material
glass, bee wax, paint and gourd fruit
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueNi58

Small roughly molded upward curving clay plaque with uneven edges. Two large deer-like animals with legs at centre and heads at outside rim. Two small human-like figures between heads of animals. All figures made of beeswax.

Culture
Huichol
Material
bee wax and clay
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueNi57

Slightly upward curving plaque has four beeswax animal-like figures around rim with a circle at centre. White and blue glass beads have been pressed in wax figures. Bark on underside of plaque.

Culture
Huichol
Material
glass, bee wax and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNi56 a-b

Diagonal lattice twining technique used in weaving the base (part a) and lid (part b). Both pieces have flat bottoms with four corners and round rims. Ends have been folded over and re-worked into weaving.

Culture
Huichol
Material
palm fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNi48

Roughly shaped human figure with straight arms at front sides. Legs are drawn up to torso with knees at hip level. Forelegs are straight and the feet are pointed. The chest is flat chest and the back and the bottom are rounded. There is a large bald head with oval ears, pencilled brows, an outline to inset the eyes and eyelashes. The black bead bordered on either side by a white bead forms each eye. There is a long straight nose, flat cheeks, an indented mouth, and a pointed chin. Red crayon on chest and arms, blue crayon on back. White, blue, yellow, and orange beads are strung together to form a necklace.

Culture
Huichol
Material
fibre, graphite mineral, glass, pigment, wax and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeNi47

Flat bottomed canoe slopes upward at each end. Carved out interior has seat at one end. Decorations formed by pressing glass beads into beeswax. White and orange around rim of carved out interior. White, blue, and yellow cross at one end. The interior has a yellow, orange, white, and blue human figure at end opposite seat. Four animal figures at bottom (dog, coiled snake, insect, and lizard?).

Culture
Huichol
Material
bee wax, glass and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNi69

Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notched end, three blue and two yellow bands around end, three feathers bound at top and bottom over bands. Second part is wood, fitted and bound with fibre into the bamboo, narrows to blunt end.

Culture
Huichol
Material
feather, wood, bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNi25

Long narrow straight bow has two v-shaped notches cut into either side at one end, one v-shaped notch cut into opposite end. Thin strip of hide is wrapped three times around one notched end, strip passes through notch, twisted down length, and is knotted at double notched end.

Culture
Huichol
Material
skin and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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