ID Number

Title

Item Name

Culture

Material

Manufacturing Technique

Date Made

Place Made

Date Collected

Date Owned

Owner

Owner

Acquisition Date

Source

Source

Measurements

Item Classes

Condition

Current Location

Accession Number

Iconographic Meaning

Diamonds are used to prevent the entry of departed spirits through an unwanted path.

History Of Use

Used for all-purpose carrying or worn empty for ceremonial or decorative effect; standard part of men's outfit.

Cultural Context

contemporary; tourist art; ritual

Description

Peyote belt consisting of seven squares embroidered with geometric designs and joined together with a blue strap at one end and a pink strap at the other. Four of the squares are pouches with a partial opening at the top of each. All of the bags have a cross-knit loop stitch that finishes at the side and top. The cross-stitch designs are as follows (listed in sequence): a diamond pattern with alternating interior designs of squares or crosses; a diamond shape with a scalloped edge and a cross at the centre, each separated by smaller crosses; a series of octagons with concentric crosses at the centre and separated by concentric stepped diamonds; a flower-like design with four stepped square interior petals joined to central square and surrounding flower-like designs composed of z shapes around crosses; a series of bars with interior diamonds that join to create an interlocking diamond around Maltese crosses; a central cross with two squares forming each arm as well as a central square with five smaller squares inside, and these are separated by sets of four squares on a dark blue ground; facing 'c' shapes separated by stepped diamonds with interior crosses.

Narrative

The Wixáritari are known to the larger world as the Huichol, however that is not the name they use to refer to themselves.