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History Of Use

Votive objects are offerings to the gods, so that they will hear prayers for health, luck and well-being.

Iconographic Meaning

Double headed bird is considered to be an eagle associated with the god 'grandfather fire'.

Cultural Context

contemporary; tourist art; ritual

Description

Interior surface of round gourd covered in beeswax and then decorated with beads. Design consists of eight yellow, blue, red, and green circles, at centre bottom, four circles of interlocking green and yellow diamonds. Two rows of red for border. Sides have four yellow, red, and black double headed frontal birds with wings extended to sides, rounded body, and triangular tail between straight legs. Opposing animals between birds at base: two four-legged red reptiles with black split tongues, red animal heads with orange whiskers, one has orange horns and the other has one light red ear. Small red and orange snake with black split tongue next to animal head with orange horns. Between birds at rim, there are two red human figures one with a dog? One orange dog. All figures on blue ground. Band of green at rim, then one row of black bordered by yellow.

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