Wondefurl Hand Huichol Indian Hat turkey feathers By Luis Ruiz

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Luis ruiz from San Andres Cohamiata hand made peyotero hat. 1" wide braid hand woven approximately 200' long, hand coiled and sewn together to form the hat. Adorned with felt crosses, pompoms, hand woven chin strap and beaded danglers. This particular hat has a fan of turkey feathers which distinguish those who have gone to get the peyote from wixikuta the sacred place where the peyote grows.

Luis Ruiz the Huichol who made the 'ofrenda'. Luis is from Las Guyabas a ceremonial center located deep in the canyon below San Andres Cohamiata the principal ceremonial Center on the Western side of the Chapalagana river. The Huichol from Las Guyabas are extraordinarily traditional and prefer to follow their ancient customs unlike others who have adopted more modern ways on the plateau in San Andres.

In 1890 the American Museum of Natural History in New York sent Carl Lumholtz a Norweigen explorer into Mexico to explor the Sierra Madre Mountains and look for the Anazazi. Lumholtz spent 8 years in two excursions traveling from Bizbee, Arizona to Morelia, Michoacan. In 1898 Lumholtz was the first to document the Huichol and in 1900 published a book on Huichol Symbolim that described the jicaras to be an essential part of the Huichol ceremony and ritual. It is a feminin object, women are responsible for creating and carrying them to sarced sancturaries.

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This hat is 15" in diameter and is 6" tall. With the turkey feather fan the hat is 29" in diameter. Please not the freather fan can be taken off and will be wrapped seperately for shipping

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