The Transmission

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Vita Rose photographs of Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and family, image #, NMAI.AC.372; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Portrait of Wixarika (Huichol) marakame, or shaman, Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios, holding gladiolas in a room in the Hotel Boganvilia in Tepic, Mexico. The photograph was taken a two months before her passing.
Vita Rose Narrative: Doña Guadalupe, Huichol marakame (shaman) and internationally renowned artist, blesses us two months before she crossed over into the realm of the ancestor. While spending a few weeks at the Hotel Boganvilia in Tepic, Mexico, she told us that they were waiting for her in the parking lot, and that she was very happy to see them. I believe that mi abuela (my Huichol Grandmother) is transmitting, as she looks out at us from this photograph, the wisdom and compassion that she exemplified during her lifetime.

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Vita Rose photographs of Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and family

Creator

Rose, Vita

Summary

This collection includes photographic prints made by Vita Rose circa 1996 of Doña Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios and her family in Nayarit, Mexico. Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios was a Wixarika (Huichol) visual artist, musician, and spiritual leader.