Arrow
About this object
History of use
Most likely used in ceremonial killing of deer.
Narrative
The Wixáritari are known to the larger world as the Huichol, however that is not the name they use to refer to themselves.
Cultural context
contemporary; tourist art; ritual
Physical description
Two part arrow. First part is bamboo with notch at one end, two red and one blue painted line, bordered at top and bottom by three blue bands, three feathers bound at top and bottom with thread are over painted design. Second is wood, fitted and bound with thread to bamboo, narrows to blunt point.
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