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

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.