Bow Item Number: Ni40 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Long narrow strip of wood notched at both sides at one end and at one side on the opposite end. Grey-white rawhide strip wrapped around end with one notch, one piece extends down length to double notched end and is tied.
May be associated with a ceremony involving the ritual hunting and killing of deer.
contemporary; tourist art; ritual
The Wixáritari are known to the larger world as the Huichol, however that is not the name they use to refer to themselves.