Huichol Indian Folk Art Yarn Painting Serpent Messanger

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Welcome to Peyote People, my name is Kevin and together with my wife Beatriz we run a small gallery in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that works directly with the Huichol Indians that live in San Andres Cohamiata, Jalisco. Over the last 10years we have developed very close relationships with a number of Huichol families. We feel very privaleged to be able to actually fly up into the Sierra to observe their ceremonies and rituals and take them supplies like the carvings that they use and new glass beads with irridescent colors that we import for our artists to work with. We believe that the artist is just as valuble as the art; every piece that we sell is marked with the artist name and has a stamp that states their tribal affiliation which ads to the 1991 Indian Arts and Crafts Act.This is a stunning yarn painting that measures 24"x24". The artist, Alejandrina de la Rosa is the daughter of Raymundo de la Rosa, one of the pioneers of the yarn art in the 1970's. Born on Mesa de Nayar, in the state of Nayarit, Alejandrina has been able to maintain the primitive simplicity that her father instilled in her. This timeless classic style harks back to a time when even the Huichol led a more simple life. Alejandrina's work speaks volumes, it depicts classic myths and stories in a simplicity that many of today's contemporary artists are just not read more

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