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Yarn Painting
Yarn Painting
Yarn Painting
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Yarn Painting

NameYarn Painting
CultureHuichol
Datec. 1965
Place madeNayarit, Mexico, North America
MediumWool or acrylic, beeswax
Dimensions11 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (29.2101 × 38.7351 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.935
Object numberA.1995.93.935
DescriptionYarns are pressed into beeswax to make a picture of a rooster and two other birds; colors are gray, green, yellow, red.