Skirt
Item number Ni11 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
One piece, cotton fabric skirt with folded and stitched seams. There are small folds at the attached waistband; the ends are tied. At the base is a cross-stitch design of eight petal pink flowers in green octagons with orange borders. Above the band are seven frontal eagles with their heads in profile, there are two pointed extensions above heads with a long curl at the back of neck. Their octagonal bodies each have a central flower; fan-like wings extended to sides, triangular tail between legs, claws on legs.
History Of Use
Women now most commonly wear cotton print clothing without embroidery.
Cultural Context
contemporary; tourist art; ritual
Iconographic Meaning
Flower is a toto flower which is associated with rain; the eagle has an important religious context as its feathers are used in shamanic rituals.
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
- Skirt
- Identification Number
- Ni11
- Type of Item
- skirt
- Material
- cotton fibre and synthetic dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine spun, stitched, sewn and machine woven
- Overall
- height 73.6 cm, width 90.6 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Who
- Culture
- Huichol
- Previous Owner
- Ralph Maud
- Received from
- Ralph Maud (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
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
- Accession Number
- 0774/0050
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