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
Dimensions1 9/16 × 15/16 in. (4 × 2.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.206
Object numberA.2014.26.206
DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd with a bell-like bottom and long neck. Words "Recuerdo de San Juan" lightly painted blue around the bottom. Double strand of light yarn dyed crimson red knotted at a constriction at the base of the neck. Neck tapers to a curved and rounded tip with a shallow hole below the curve at the top.
