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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, wearing a beaded wide-brimmed hat. She has markings on her face made from a paste of oosha root and water, gathered during the annual Wixarika (Huichol) pilgrimage to Wirikuta (Wiricuta) in Mexico.
Vita Rose Narrative: Doña Guadalupe was a Huichol marakame (shaman) and internationally renowned artist. When on their annual pilgrimage to Wiricuta, the sacred highland desert in Mexico, Huichols stop to harvest oosha root. Once back in the village, they use twigs to paint sacred symbols on each other's faces from paste made from the root and water. They are this recognized and protected by the Gods who can see the paintings even when they are no longer visible to human eyes.

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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.