Connecting with the Spirit of Mother Earth

NameYarn painting

Artist or maker Rafael Cilau Valadez

Artist or maker Benito Candelario (Huichol)

Artist or maker Israel Reza Hernandez

CultureHuichol; Wixarika

Date2017

(not assigned)México

Place madeSantiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico, North America

MediumWood, acrylic yarn, beeswax

Dimensions23 13/16 × 23 5/8 × 3/16 in. (60.5 × 60 × 0.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2018.57.1

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value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2018.57.1

ProvenanceYarn painting by Cilau Valadez and apprentices. Curator purchased object directly from artist studio.

DescriptionYarn painting with blue ground behind tree with anthropomorphic face, various animals arranged in branches, moon designs in top corners, snake curled at bottom center within trunk. Other figures surround central tree. Signed and dated on back at lower bottom left and right corners.