Beaded Eclipse Sculpture

US Retail

$202.80

Your Price

$156.00

Description

'Mother of the Corn'
 
Celestial bodies encircle one another, their attraction undeniable. The cool blue moon smiles seductively as she embraces a fiery sun. Kawuyomaire, the blue deer, adorns a beadwork moon with his glowing face. A corn plant thrusts green stalks toward the sun, centering this colorful work. Six-sided peyote flowers, or jikuri, appear in precise symmetry, and Teruka, the scorpion adorns both. He is the guardian of the corn and must receive gifts before the harvest. "The moon, or metza moves the waters to produce rain to feed our corn," they explain. "The shamans, represented as deer heads, are singing to the power of the scorpion, showing their gratitude to the flowers that symbolize our ancestors." Huichol artisans portrays the revered symbols on a hand-crafted eclipse mask.

Huichol artisans first carves the mask from copalillo wood. The intricate motifs are formed with tiny chaquira beads, placed one at a time with a needle. Beeswax is used instead of glue.

The Huichol Artisan sculpted the sun from copalillo wood and covered it with colorful icons of their people.
Sculpted of copalillo wood, it is reverently covered with sacred symbols created with colorful chaquira beads.
He first carves the sculpture from palo dulce wood. The intricate motifs are formed with tiny chaquira beads, placed one at a time with a needle. Beeswax is used instead of glue.

-Beadwork on copalillo wood
-Keep out of heat
-Keep out of the sun

Do not expose this piece to direct heat or light, which could cause the wax to dry or soften and loosen the beads.

Tribal Mall #

14352

Weight

7.00lb(s)

Shipping/Insurance

$6.95