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Huichol Yarn Paintings, 12"  (Nearikas) [sold]

[sold] Traditional yarn paintings, or "Nearikas", depicting typical Huichol symbols and visions. Intense, psychedelic imagery represents the spiritual insights famously afforded to the Huichol by their sacred Peyote plant. Each painting consists of fine-guaged yarn applied to a wooden board covered with a sticky mixture of beeswax and resin. A brief description of images, in Spanish, is handwritten on the back of each painting. All paintings are signed. Detailed views below. Mexico.6035


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