Tayuapa or "Father Sun”, Huichol Indian Peyote Art, Yarn Painting (Circa 1970's)

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Tayuapa or "Father Sun”, Huichol Indian Peyote Art, Yarn Painting (Circa 1970's):
$3995.00

Tayuapa or "Father Sun.”, Huichol Indian Peyote Art Yarn Painting.

Measure: 80 x 120 cms (31.5"x 48")

OriginalNierika HuicholYarn Painting ofTayuapaor "Father Sun.”byEulalio Gonzalez Martinez
Old vintage - a collector's item - Circa 1970’s, The artist signature is on the back of the yarn painting.

We purchased Tayuapa "Father Sun" in 1984 in Tepic, Mexico, home of the Huichol Indians.The shop where we purchased Tayuapawas run by an old man whose life was devoted to Huichol ceremonial ways. He kept a bottle of tequila laced with peyote at his side, enjoying an ecstatic state of constant communion with the archetypical forces depictedin the brilliant visionary art which covered every surface of his shop. Fortunately for us, he was willing to part with Tayuapa or "Father Sun." this center piece of Huichol luminary art.

The Huichols are an indigenous people who mostly live in the mountainous areas of northern Jalisco and parts of Nayarit in north central Mexico.

The cosmology of the Huichols is based on a "trinity" of veneration of the deer, corn and peyote. Jicuri (peyote) is the centerpiece of Huichol ritualism, revered for its healing and visionary properties. Peyote is ritually gathered each year on a long pilgrimage to the desert area of San Luis Potosí, where the people are said to have originated and used by Wirriarika shamans.

The importance of peyote and its ritual allies is seen in their stylistic representations on just about everything that the Huichol decorate. They did not have a written language until recently, so these symbols were and are the primary form of preserving the ceremonies, myths and beliefs of ancient Huichol religion.

In Huichol art the symbols are derived from a ceremonial tablet called a neirika, a small board or disc with a hole or mirror in the center. Nierikas were initially produced by Wirriarika shamans to represent visions they experienced while consuming peyote, then left as offerings to the gods in places such as caves, temples and streams.

Peyote Visions: The colorful yarn compositions are visionary portals to the hermetic universe of the deities of deep Mexico. They resonate with the archetypicalforces which have illuminated the inner life of Huichol indigenous people through their pre-Columbian shamanic traditions.

The artist places campeche beeswax over the entire stamen table until it is completely covered, then one by one threads of yarn are glued to fashion the composition expressing the elemental forces revealed in the artist’s visionary states.

Maintenance: To prevent the threads from fading, do not expose this piece directly to heat or light, as it may melt the campeche wax adhesive (beeswax). For cleaning it is with a delicate brush or air exclusively.