Dona Guadalupe's Altar

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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: View of a tuki (temple), or altar, commemorating Wixarika (Huichol) marakame, or shaman, Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios, on a small rancho outside Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. The tuki includes Guadalupe's shaman's chair and drum, as well as other sacred objects and gifts.
Vita Rose Narrative: Doña Guadalupe de la Cruz Rios died on Mother's Day, 1999. Her shaman's chair and drum, as well as other sacred objects and gifts, are reverently displayed in the family tuki (temple) on a small rancho outside Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. Doña Guadalupe, known to many as mi Abuela (my Grandmother) was a powerful marakame (shaman), cantadora (singer of sacred songs) ad renowned artist. It is unusual for a woman to achieve such eminence in the Huichol community, and even less common to receive the worldwide recognition granted her as an artist and peacemaker. Her death left her extended family bereft of a spiritual leader and guide.

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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.