Decorative art of the Huichol Indians / by Carl Lumholtz.

  • Carl Sofus Lumholtz
Date:
1904
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Decorative art of the Huichol Indians / by Carl Lumholtz. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DESIGN No. 29.—BUTTERFLY (Sp., mariposa; Iluichol, kupi' or kupi'ls). See Figs. 455-457. This design is not uncommon. Its most frequent form is shown in Fig. 455. Fig. 455. Butterfly Design. Fig. 456. Butterfly Design. Fig. 457. Butterfly Design. Fig. 456.—From embroidered border on a woman’s tunic. Design: butterflies arranged in pairs so as to form “god’s eyes” (see Design No. 54). Cat. No. yH,. Fig. 457.—From a ribbon. Design: butterfly alternating with the flower toto' (see Design No. 46). Cat. No. y-ffy. DESIGN No. 30.—BORING LARVA (Huichol, kwfste'r). See Figs. 458-460; also Fig. 412. This design represents an unknown species of larva which makes borings under the bark of trees. A somewhat realistic attempt is shown in Fig. 458, taken from the paint¬ ing on the face of a hikuli-seeker. See Part I, Fig. 277 b. Fig. 459 is the usual conventionalized representation. Fig. 458. Boring Larva. Fig. 459. Boring Larva. Fig. 460.—The designs are arranged so as to form eyes round toto' designs (see Design No. 46). Repeated in Fig. 503. Pouch. Cat. No. yffy. Fig. 460. Design : Boring Larva. DESIGN No. 31.-—BORINGS OF LARVAE (Huichol, ku'ye uraya'li). See Figs. 461-464. Ku'ye means “tree,” and uraya'li is “painting.” Literally, u'ra means the spark made by the God of Fire, and designates the facial painting of the hikuli-seekers. After a noun, the form ura'ya or uraya'li is used; thus the exact meaning of the words is “ facial
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