The Shaman’s Mirror : : Visionary Art of the Huichol / / Hope MacLean.
Huichol Indian yarn paintings are one of the world's great indigenous arts, sold around the world and advertised as authentic records of dreams and visions of the shamans. Using glowing colored yarns, the Huichol Indians of Mexico paint the mystical symbols of their culture—the hallucinogenic p...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Path to the Sierra Madre
- 2 Wixárika
- 3 Kakauyari
- 4 Gifts for the Gods
- 5 Sacred Yarn Paintings
- 6 Commercialization of the Nierika
- 7 Footprints of the Founders
- 8 Making Yarn Paintings
- 9 The Colors Speak
- 10 Sacred Colors and Shamanic Vision
- 11 The Artist as Visionary
- 12 The “Deified Heart”
- 13 Arte Mágico
- 14 Shamanic Art, Global Market
- 15 The Influence of the Market
- 16 Ancient Aesthetics, Modern Images
- Notes
- Glossary of Huichol and Spanish Terms
- Bibliography
- Index