Sandal
38-23-156
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-23-156 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Palm Leaf |
| Description | From 38-23-154. Of flat irregular looped strips of braided palm leaf. Attached to shaman's arrow it formed a means of communicating with the god, symbolizing the foot beat of the celebrant in the dance of the hiculi [peyote] ceremony. The beat of the dance symbolizes the preparation of the ground for the seed corn. |
| Length | 23 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938 |
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