Arrow Item Number: Ni78 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notch at one end, yellow painted line design between two red bands, three feathers, bound at top and bottom, over painted design. Second part is wood, fitted and bound with fibre to bamboo, narrows to blunt point.
Most likely used in the ceremonial 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.