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
Dimensions3 × 1 5/16 in. (7.6 × 3.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.209
Object numberA.2014.26.209
DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd with a bulbous bottom and long, thick neck. Several strands of light yarn dyed pale green and dark green tied together with a bow where there is a constriction at the base of the neck. Top of the neck finished roughly.
