Sacred clay cone

NameCone

Artist Artist not recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeSan Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

(not assigned)México

MediumClay, yarn, pencil, colored pencil

Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (5 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.203

Object numberA.2014.26.203

DescriptionCone made of unfired white clay in the shape of a gourd. Double strand of green light yarn tied around base of neck. Words "Recuerdo de San Juan" painted blue around bell-like bottom section. Name "Martin" painted on side of bulging neck. Neck tapers to a curved and rounded top with a small hole in the side below the curve.