Description
🦎Huichol Yarn Painting – Salamander🦎
This yarn painting features a stylized salamander motif intricately pressed into beeswax on a solid wood base. Handcrafted by Huichol artisans in Nayarit, Mexico, this piece reflects time-honored yarn-painting practices using colorful yarn and beeswax adhesive to evoke ecological and spiritual connections to water and rain.
✨Features:
- Dimensions: 15 cm × 15 cm × 0.5 cm
- Solid wood base
- Colorful yarn applied to a beeswax-coated surface
- Created using ancestral Huichol yarn-painting techniques
- Ideal for tabletop display or wall mounting
🦎Symbolism of Salamander in Huichol Culture:
- Salamander: Represents water and rain; in Huichol belief, salamanders—often depicted with peyote “buttons” on their backs—are thought to facilitate rainfall and support agricultural cycles. The motif reflects the essential role of water in sustaining both land and community.
📌Care Instructions:
Keep out of direct sunlight and avoid high humidity.
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