Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World

Apr 11, 2010 through Feb 12, 2012

For the first time, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology presents a significant collection of Huichol art from the early part of the last century in Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World. The exhibition opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture April 11, 2010 and  has now been extended to run through February 12, 2012.

There are important ties between Huichol work and Native American, prehispanic, and Hispanic art histories and cultures. Known today for colorful, decorative yarn paintings, the origins of modern Huichol art are found in the earlier Huichol religious arts of the Robert M. Zingg ethnographic collection at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

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Men’s Capes

Textile Ribbons

Textile Ribbons

Textile Ribbons

Textile Ribbons

Backstrap Loom

Shamans’ Basket

Vovite Gourd Bowl

Sacred yarn boards

Glass Bead Earrings

Glass Bead Earrings

God Disks

Quivers of deerskin

Votive Gourd Bowl

Image Captions

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