The Huichol Indians ( pronounced Wee-chol) can be found in

the most remote regions of the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico.

Today, the Huichol Indians number in a range of only 10,000 Indians.

They are a primitive nation of Indians still holding onto their customs, believing in serveral Gods, Mythology,  and the psychic forces which lead them into today's existence.

These Myths and Gods, which are so essential to the Huichol culture, are embodied in each piece of artwork that they create. 

Their art serves as Ceremonial pieces, as the pages of  their history, the explanation of the world they live in, and the forces governing their lives, and the need to provide some account for the Good and the Evil that enters into their lives. 

Each piece of art has been created by Huichol Shamans while in altered states of Consciousness, sharing their visions while experiencing the Sacred Peyote. Each color, every line, every symbol, no matter how abstract, has a meaning carried out in the artwork they create.

White is the Cloud Spirits.

Blue is the South, the Pacific Ocean, Water, Rain and Feminity.

The Rabbit and Serpent represent Fertility.

Red is the East, Grandfather, Fire, and Masculine. 

Green is the Earth, Heaven, Healing, the Heart and Grandfather growth.

The Eagle is a divine guardian. 

The Two-headed Eagle is God looking all ways at once.

The figure, with what appears to be long protrusions from

his head, is a Shaman talking with Gods or the Spirits.

The Deer represents Peyote,and the Elder Brother Deer, and

the link between the Shaman and the Great Spirit.