Behind the Design

Folk Art Spotlight - Huichol Indian Yarn Art

November 25, 2013

La Fuente Imports is proud to offer one of the most imaginative collections of Huichol Indian Yarn Paintings available anywhere on the web. Each "painting" is made first by spreading a thin layer of beeswax over a flat piece of wood, and then meticulously pushing thin strands of acrylic yarn into the wax to create complex patterns and symbols. Every yarn painting is one-of-a-kind and has been selected by hand to ensure the highest possible quality, and detailed captions written by the artist to help explain the painting's story are translated on the back into English.

The rugged mountains and remote villages of the Sierra de Nayarit north of Guadalajara are the homeland of roughly ten to fourteen thousand Huichol Indians. These were among the last tribes to come under Spanish rule, and their religion still is essentially pagan, revolving around several important agricultural deities. Deer is the most sacred of all animals, its blood a symbol of fertility. Corn is the source of all life, for it was Nacahue, mother of all gods, who gave corn to the first man for planting, and from it was born the first Huichol woman. Peyote is a means of communication with the gods, and the consumption of peyote by the Huichol people is a deeply religious experience. The unity of these three elements — deer, corn, and peyote — represent the core of Huichol beliefs.

The Huichols express these feelings through their art, which is made not from the standpoint of decoration, but to give profound expression to deep spiritual beliefs. This makes traditional Huichol folk art, whether it be meticulous beadwork, yarn paintings, wooden masks, or striking embroidered and woven personal adornments, beautiful not only from its aesthetic standpoint but from the psychological as well.

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Huichol Indian Art

Huichol Yarn Painting
10% OFF

Huichol Yarn Painting

Item Number: YPR1219
12" Diameter

 
Sale $116.10
Reg. $129.00
Huichol Jaguar Head

Huichol Jaguar Head

Item Number: JH040
7"L x 5"W x 6"H

 
$249.00
Huichol Yarn Painting
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Huichol Yarn Painting

Item Number: YP1233
12" x 12"

 
Sale $116.10
Reg. $129.00
Huichol Jaguar Head

Huichol Jaguar Head

Item Number: JH043
7"L x 5"W x 6"H

 
$249.00
Huichol Yarn Painting
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Huichol Yarn Painting

Item Number: YPR1225
12" Diameter

 
Sale $116.10
Reg. $129.00
Huichol Yarn Painting
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Huichol Yarn Painting

Item Number: YP1227
12" x 12"

 
Sale $116.10
Reg. $129.00
Huichol Yarn Painting
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Huichol Yarn Painting

Item Number: YPR1221
12" Diameter

 
Sale $116.10
Reg. $129.00
Huichol Yarn Painting
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Huichol Yarn Painting

Item Number: YP1229
12" x 12"

 
Sale $116.10
Reg. $129.00
Huichol Yarn Painting
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Huichol Yarn Painting

Item Number: YPR1234
12" Diameter

 
Sale $116.10
Reg. $129.00

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