Sacred clay cone

NameCone

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeSan Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumClay, yarn, pencil, colored pencil

Dimensions2 3/16 × 7/8 in. (5.5 × 2.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.200

Object numberA.2014.26.200

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd. Double strand of yellow, light yarn tied between upper and lower sections. Words "Recuerdo del Positi" printed on upper section. Flower with three broad indented petals is colored with red lines and a pair of leaves flanking the flower are divided into half sections with orange markings. Hole in center of top of cone.