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Yarn Paintings from the
Huichol Indians of Mexico
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Huichol Artist/Shaman José Benitez Sanchez
from Mythic Visions: Yarn Paintings of a Huichol Shaman courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
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Magic Animals
Huichol yarn painting by
Evaristo Diaz Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1990
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$675 SOLD 6/05 |
Ceremony of the Deer Hunt
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Besteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1990
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$750 SOLD 6/05 |
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Asking for the Rain
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1995
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(16" x 16")
$450 SOLD 6/05 |
The Energy of the Gods
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1995
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$750 SOLD 4/04 |
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Kayuamari the Deer God
Huichol yarn painting,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1995
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(6" x 6")
$48 SOLD 8/03 |
Bird God
Huichol yarn painting by
Benitez
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1995
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(8" x 8")
$68 SOLD |
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Ceremonio
Huichol yarn painting (#HC0203) by
José Luis Gonzalez -Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(6" x 6")
$48 SOLD 8/03 |
Brujo
Huichol yarn painting (#HC0204) by
José Luis Gonzalez -Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(6" x 6")
$48 SOLD 8/03 |
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Ofrenda
Huichol yarn painting (#HC0205) by
José Luis Gonzalez -Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(6" x 6")
$48 SOLD 8/03 |
The Deer God(#JBS04)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275 SOLD 9/05 |
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El Peyotero(#JBS05)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275 SOLD 10/05 |
The Time of the Rains(#JBS06)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$750 SOLD 12/05 |
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Healing Ceremony(#JB01)
Huichol yarn painting by
Josefina Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
"The medicine man is using sacred feathers to cure his patients."
$550 SOLD 1/06 |
Hikuri (Peyote) Ceremony(#MK01)
Huichol yarn painting by
Makuchi,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
"The shamans are performing the peyote ceremony, in which they obtain the dreams and visions of their ancestors. They are able to talk to the earth and to the deer"
$550 SOLD 10/05 |
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Ofrendas al Sol (#HC0501)
Huichol yarn painting by
Sixto Minarez de la Cruz -Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(6" x 6")
$48 SOLD 10/05 |
Curandero (#HC0502)
Huichol yarn painting by
Ofelia Hernandez Carrillo -Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(4" x 6")
$36 SOLD 10/05 |
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Learning the Force (#EB03)
Huichol yarn painting by
Eliseo Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$550 SOLD 11/05 |
Yaumarie and Marra(#JBS14)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(10" x 10")
$235 SOLD 3/06 |
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La Aparicion de Nakawe (#JBS16)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275 SOLD 3/06 |
The Wise Elder Huichol (#JBS18)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275 SOLD 3/06 |
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The Powers of the Animals (#MRC02)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" diameter)
"This is a Huichol story about the animals - the scorpion and the coralillo snake. The shaman uses these animals to obtain knowledge in how to make medicine."
$675 SOLD 10/05 |
Hikuri (El Peyote)(#MRC03)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" diameter)
"In this Painting we see the ceremony of the hikuri (peyote), in which we dance around the fire during the night and the day."
$675 SOLD 10/05 |
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The Master and the Student (#JBS17)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275 SOLD 4/06 |
Jose the Marakame and Marra (#JBS19)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275 SOLD 4/06 |
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The Gods of Fire(#MRC04)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$675 SOLD 4/06 |
The Sacred House of the Gods (#MRC05)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
"The sacred house of the gods where are stored the sacred arrows and maize and where they hold the ceremony to the god.s..."
$675 SOLD 3/06 |
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Protection Ceremony(#JB02)
Huichol yarn painting by
Josefina Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
"The shaman is talking to the eagles and to seek protection and power for the people. The eagle will protect them in dangerous situations."
$550 SOLD 10/06 |
Metamorfosis (#JB03)
Huichol yarn painting by
Josefina Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$550
SOLD 12/09 |
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Arbol Malo (#HC0503)
Huichol yarn painting by
Ofelia Hernandez Carrillo -Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(6" x 4")
$36 SOLD 8/06 |
Peyote Ceremony (#MRC06)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$675 SOLD 3/06 |
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Mirror of the Gods (#MRC08)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$675 SOLD 3/06 |
The Magic Goat (#JBS03)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275
SOLD 1/07 |
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The Making of the Fire (#MRH1)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maria de Jesus Rivera Hernandez de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(48" x 48")
$3400 SOLD 10/05 |
Shaman Salutes Grandfather Fire(#JBS12)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275 SOLD 11/05 |
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Sacrificio del Venado (#FDC01)
Huichol yarn painting by
Felicitas de la Torre de la Cruz & Rodolfo Diaz Madero
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$550
SOLD 1/07 |
Los Peyoteros (#JBS20)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(8" x 8")
$195
SOLD 1/07 |
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The Gods Come from the First World (#JBS09)
Huichol yarn painting by
José Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(48" x 48")
$3950 SOLD 12/06 |
Peyote Ceremony (#MRC07)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$675 SOLD 10/06 |
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Picking up the Harvest (#EB02)
Huichol yarn painting by
Eliseo Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$550
SOLD 9/07 |
Three Power Sticks (#JBS15)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(10" x 10")
$235 SOLD 3/07 |
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The Gods Came to Serve Life (#JBS21)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(16" x 16")
$475 SOLD 9/06 |
The Sacred World (#JBS10)
Huichol yarn painting by
José Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(19" x 48")
$1950 SOLD |
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Medicine Man(#EB01)
Huichol yarn painting by
Eliseo Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
"Healing ceremony by the medicine man blessing with his power wand made with the feathers of an eagle. This is a traditional Huichol ceremony using the flower of the wind (kyery plant - datura) along with the sacred peyote."
$550 SOLD 4/07 |
Arbol del Viento (#EDC01)
Huichol yarn painting by
Emilio de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$550 SOLD 8/07 |
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Offering to the Deer Gods (#TM01)
Huichol yarn painting by
Teresa Medina
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$225 SOLD 4/07 |
Asking the Gods for a Cure (#EDC02)
Huichol yarn painting by
Emilio de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$195 SOLD 5/07 |
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In the Sacred Place in the Desert (#JBS11)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275
SOLD 7/08 |
Los Marakames (#EB04)
Huichol yarn painting by
Eliseo Benitez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2004
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$185 STOLEN 5/08 |
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Los Marakames en la Ceremonia Sagrada (#ARJ01)
Huichol yarn painting by
Ana Rosa Jimenez,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$195 SOLD 3/07 |
Peyote Ceremony in the Sacred Land of Wirikuta (#MRC11)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(48" x 48")
$4200
SOLD 12/07 |
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Peyote Mother (#JBS13)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez (1938-2009)
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2005
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(10" x 10")
$235
SOLD 10/08 |
The Deer God (#MRC10)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$675
SOLD 7/08 |
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Sacred Drum of the Gods (#MRC12)
Huichol yarn painting by
Maximino Renteria de la Cruz,
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")
$675
SOLD 4/08 |
Ceremony of the Drum (#HC0801)
Huichol yarn painting by
unknown artist
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2007
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$175
SOLD 12/09 |
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Cauyumarie in the Time of Rain (#JBS27)
Huichol yarn painting by
Jose Benitez Sanchez (1938-2009)
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2007
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(12" x 12")
$275
SOLD 2/09 |
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