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

Dimensions3 15/16 × 1 5/8 in. (10 × 4.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.208

Object numberA.2014.26.208

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd with a bulbous bottom and long neck. Several strands of light yarn dyed pink, orange, lavender, and violet tied together with a bow where there is a constriction at the base of the neck. Top of the neck finished roughly with a hole in the center.