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 1/16 × 1 5/16 in. (5.3 × 3.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.201

Object numberA.2014.26.201

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd with a bell-like bottom and bulging neck. Double strand of green light yarn is tied around base of neck. Large words "Recuerdo de San Juan" is painted blue around bottom section. The name "Concha" is painted around neck. Neck tapers to a curved and rounded tip with a small hole in the side below the curve.