Poncho Item Number: Ni18 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
One rectangular piece of cream cotton fabric folded over to form a square sewn at side adjacent to fold, there is a v shaped neck opening at corner. Two sides are open. There is a cross-stitched band, wider at one end with pink eight petal flowers in green octagons. Pink triangles separate octagons at top and base all on an orange ground. Above the band are pink and green birds with flower-like extension at front of beak, diagonal ears, wings and tail feathers.
History Of Use
Worn as part of everyday and ceremonial costume; can be worn with points to front and back or with points hanging from shoulders; sometimes worn as head covering, pulled back over the face, wrong side out, until it hangs over the back of the head.
Cultural Context
contemporary; tourist art; ritual
Iconographic Meaning
Eight petaled flower, known as toto flower, is associated with the peyote.
Narrative
The Wixáritari are known to the larger world as the Huichol, however that is not the name they use to refer to themselves.
Item History
- Made in Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico before 1980
- Collected during 1980
- Owned by Ralph Maud before February 1, 1982
- Received from Ralph Maud (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on February 1, 1982
What
- Name
- Poncho
- Identification Number
- Ni18
- Type of Item
- poncho
- Material
- cotton fibre and synthetic dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine spun, machine woven, machine dyed, stitched and sewn
- Overall
- height 60.3 cm, width 58.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Huichol
- Previous Owner
- Ralph Maud
- Received from
- Ralph Maud (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
When
- Creation Date
- before 1980
- Collection Date
- during 1980
- Ownership Date
- before February 1, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on February 1, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 93
- Accession Number
- 0774/0049