Huichol Photo Galleries: The Huichol people and their art

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Photo Gallery: The Huichol people at home by Robert Otey
A remote Huichol village in the sierra of Mexico © Robert Otey, 1997
Mexico's Huichol people maintain their age-old traditions. © Robert Otey, 1997
Huichol people gather for a ceremony in their village in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental © Robert Otey, 1997
A Huichol woman in Mexico crafts a ceremonial mask © Robert Otey, 1997
A man from Mexico's indigenous Huichol culture in ceremonial dress © Robert Otey, 1997
Photo Gallery: Huichol art: Beaded jaguar heads (Photos by Jack Weatherington
Bearded Jaguar Head (Jack Weatherington)
Bearded Jaguar Head (Jack Weatherington)
Bearded Jaguar Head (Jack Weatherington)
Photo gallery: Huichol Art
A sampling of beaded Huichol art objects, including gourd six offering bowls, two serpents, an iguana and a turtle with a white deer on its back. © Robert Otay, 1997
This beaded Huichol mask depicts an eclipse of the sun and moon. © Robert Otay, 1997
Beadwork eggs are non traditional examples of Huichol art and are meant to be used as Christmas ornaments. © Robert Otay, 1997
This beadwork votive painting depicts elements of Huichol symbolism and cosmology such as the white candles, two orange jaguars, green and blue peyote buds, and the eagle. Inside the circle, a scorpion serpent and various portrait of the sacred deer can be seen. © Robert Otay, 1997
This ceremonial bowl is crafted from a dried gourd and covered with beadwork icons. Robert Otey, 1997

The spectacular images in these photo galleries show the Huichol people at home (taken by Robert Otey) and of Robert Otey’s collection of beaded jaguar heads and other artwork.

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