DepartmentLatin America

Yarn Painting

NameYarn Painting

CultureHuichol

Datec. 1980

Place madeNayarit, Mexico, North America

MediumYarn with synthetic dyes, beeswax

Dimensions24 × 24 in. (60.9601 × 60.9601 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.938

Object numberA.1995.93.938

DescriptionThe picture has a square shape. Four alligators with open jaws flank the borders. At the center a snake is coiled into an eight ring spiral. All the colors are bright and intense: yellow ochre, blue, red, white, orange, black and pink; made of yarn glued to a board; yarns colored with synthetic dyes.