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Connecting with the Spirit of Mother Earth
Connecting with the Spirit of Mother Earth
Connecting with the Spirit of Mother Earth
DepartmentLatin America

Connecting with the Spirit of Mother Earth

NameYarn painting
Maker Rafael Cilau Valadez
Maker Benito Candelario (Huichol)
Maker Israel Reza Hernandez
CultureHuichol; Wixarika
Date2017
Place madeSantiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, acrylic yarn, beeswax
Dimensions23 13/16 × 23 5/8 × 3/16 in. (60.5 × 60 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2018.57.1
Terms
  • value (economic concept)
Object numberA.2018.57.1
Collections
ProvenanceYarn painting by Cilau Valadez and apprentices. Curator purchased object directly from artist studio.
DescriptionYarn painting with blue ground behind tree with anthropomorphic face, various animals arranged in branches, moon designs in top corners, snake curled at bottom center within trunk. Other figures surround central tree. Signed and dated on back at lower bottom left and right corners.
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