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MaskNi67

Mask roughly carved ovoid with dark brown painted surface. Painted facial features with spirals and flecks overall in a fluorescent paint. Eyes and mouth composed of horizontal pink line ringed by orange line with evenly spaced eyelash-like flecks of orange. Yellow concentric spirals on each cheek area and concentric spirals of green surrounded by pink on large chin area. Each spiral has some fleck design along outer edge, pink on chin and yellow on cheeks. Except for elongated squared nose descending from top of mask, facial features are not modelled. Yellow line with flecks extends down its length. Remaining mask area filled in with flecks of yellow, green, white, pink, and orange.

Culture
Huichol
Material
metal, paint and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNi66

Mask of roughly carved ovoid in light coloured wood. Painted lines arranged in matching geometric design on cheek areas in green, orange, dark red and yellow. Circular holes for eyes are placed close together, ringed by orange line with flecks of yellow. Squared nose flares downward from brow. Horizontal slit for mouth is ringed by a green line with evenly spaced flecks of dark red. Large chin area has dots and lines in same pattern as design on cheeks. Green brows descend towards temples. Except for nose there is no modelling of facial features.

Culture
Huichol
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsNi14

Cotton pants formed by two panels with crotch inset and a drawstring waist. The bottom of the pants have a cross-stitch decoration of three different horizontal bands alternating with a row of birds. First band has red, blue and yellow geometric design of triangles and diamonds separated by a zigzag line. On top are nine pink frontal birds with profile heads facing left, each bird has floral crown, an octagonal body and a triangular tail. Second band has stylized orange flowers, alternating directions, joined by an angular green line, dark blue line border at top and bottom; yellow profile birds above band has purple outline. Third band has a double row of blue flowers attached by blue stems to a yellow and red ribbon, flowers alternate with red double scrolls, green line border at top and base; purple frontal birds with heads facing to side on right are above band. Red cloth band at hem of each leg.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtNi41

White shirt with embroidery. The shirt has a v-neck, long cuffed sleeves and open sides. On the upper front and back are feline motifs surrounded by a square geometric border in red, orange, yellow and blue on white ground. On the lower front and back are rooster motifs above a geometric border. The hem is edged with orange trim. On the sleeves are bird motifs and geometric borders. The cuffs are edged with blue and orange trim. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNi73

Form is of graduating in size, having seven 'steps' on each side. Front and back surfaces are flat. Mirror with metal edging and outlined with two and a half rows of black beads at centre front. Small burnt circles outline form. On front, two crossing diagonal lines above mirror, two semi-circular lines below mirror, and a triangle on the base. On back, central line with paired lines curving away on either side. Beads, some loose and others strung together, are pressed into beeswax to form decorations: red and yellow cross above mirror, red and yellow diagonal line below mirror, three black rows below mirror on right, yellow bordered by red on left of base, black and red cross at centre base, five circles down each side, and four circles down centre back. Pink and yellow yarn pulled through hole at centre top, knotted with ends hanging free. Two red and two yellow pompoms on cord wrapped below mirror.

Culture
Huichol
Material
metal, glass, silver alloy metal ?, synthetic fibre and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi39

Flat folded bag with cross stitch and woven design; three edges finished in cross knit loop stitch. The central design consists of an eight pointed purple star outlined in pink, the red flower at each point has an angular curled extension. There are four inward pointing orange triangles at centre. Of the four upper corner designs, three are green eight are pointed stars and one is stylized curl design. There are stylized floral patterns in lower corners; on either side of star is a brown woven band then a green and red cross stitch band. The woven shoulder strap has an orange band between brown bands; ends are braided and knotted at apex, opposite ends are stitched to upper corners of bag.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi34

Square flat woven bag with a long woven strap, geometric design done in cross stitch, identical on both sides. Centre design consists of a pink flower with eight points, outlined in blue, four point flowers placed at four points of central flower. The border design has a solid cross-stitch in purple has small clusters of stitches pointing toward central green untwisting ribbon or scroll; cross knit loop stitch at sides and across top. Two separate pieces form strap, ends are twisted and knotted together at apex, opposite ends are sewn to inside at top edge of bag; strap is pink with a continuous line of blue-green forming a geometric pattern on either side.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, synthetic dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNi65

Mask with roughly ovoid light coloured wood, tapers slightly to chin. Facial features asymmetrical, with a long thin nose, bulbous end, and flattened top. Almond shaped holes for eyes, horizontal slit for mouth, perforated nostrils are black from burning. Hair is gathered into bundles and affixed horizontally, using adhesive wads to the following areas: above and below each eye, below nose, and fanned vertically over chin. Dark brown burned lines form geometric pattern on each cheek and along eyebrow area. Burned hole at each temple has length of single twist fibre cord strung between and knotted on back.

Culture
Huichol
Material
hair, adhesive and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GuitarNi64

Small roughly shaped guitar has rectangular head. Five pegs on underside extend through to top, with peg in each corner and at centre. Ends of three horsehair and two metal strings are wrapped around pegs, opposite ends are wrapped and tied around the bridge which is glued to the lower body. Four twisted palm fibre cords are wrapped and knotted around fingerboard. Fingerboard is glued and nailed to neck. Sound hole in centre of body. One strip of wood is bent to form sides, glued to top and bottom of body. Red and blue yarn looped and knotted around fingerboard next to head. Three pompoms attached to top centre of head by braided cord.

Culture
Huichol
Material
pine wood ?, metal, palm fibre, synthetic fibre, wax, horse hair and adhesive
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ViolinNi63 a-b

Small roughly shaped wooden violin (part a) has scroll-like end, peg-box with four pegs, thin white cord looped and tied around one end of peg-box, fingerboard extending downward from peg-box, four metal strings with one end of each string looped around a peg and the other end passing through a hole in the tail piece, looping over the string and is twisting, on two strings at tail piece are metal circles with short yarn fringe. Small dark brown cleaver-like instrument attached to string on right by thin white cord. Small square piece of wood beneath end of tail piece. Looped and knotted palm fibre cord passes through holes in end of tail piece and around knob glued to bottom back. Two s-curved sound holes cut into sound board on either side of strings between fingerboard and tail piece. Sound board, sides, back and fingerboard are glued together. Bracket (part b) bow has 38 calibre gun shell cartridge at one end, cloth-strip wrapped and tied at end of cartridge, multiple strands of horsehair emerge from cloth and extend down length to pass through hole in opposite end and are knotted.

Culture
Huichol
Material
pine wood ?, metal, horse hair, cotton fibre, synthetic, palm leaf and adhesive
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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