DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay cone
NameCone
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeSan Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico, North America
MediumClay, yarn, pencil, colored pencil
Dimensions2 1/8 × 13/16 in. (5.4 × 2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.202
Object numberA.2014.26.202
DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd. Double strand of blue light yarn tied between upper and lower sections. Words "San Juan" printed above yarn. Flower with four elongated petals, center, and pair of flanking leaves on bottom section of cone is colored red and green.
