DepartmentLatin America

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 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (6.6 × 2.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.205

Object numberA.2014.26.205

DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd. Double strand of yellow light yarn tied around neck. Words "Recuerdo del Pocito" printed above. Outline of an arch is drawn on the lower section of the gourd and colored with orange and pink. Steps are depicted leading up to the arch on both sides and a small well is shown inside. There is a narrow hole in the flat top of the neck.