Featured in this lot is this amazing Mexican Huichol Tribe beaded deer skull and horns circa late 1900s. The Huichol are an Indigenous people from Mexico's Jalisco and Nayarit areas, living in the Sierra Madre Occidental highlands and descended from the ancient Aztecs. They claim to have originated in San Luis Potosi, and radiocarbon dating shows that they have thrived in their original land for over 15,000 years. The 18,000 people who identify themselves as Huichol today are linked to the Hopi of Arizona, who speak an Uto-Aztecan language. The Huichol are the only Indigenous speakers of Wixárika, and they refer to themselves as Wixáritari, or "the people" in their own tongue. Huichol spiritual beliefs are portrayed in their artwork, which often includes images of nature, animals, and ritual paraphernalia. The Huichol's remarkable works incorporate vividly colored beads impressed with wax into animal figures. Carvings, beading, and yarn paintings (nierikas) are manufactured with a beeswax and tree resin glue, with each bead or piece of yarn meticulously impressed into the adhesive before being allowed to harden. This piece shows a partial piece of the deer skull and a 3x3 rack intricately covered in colorful beads. The tips of the antlers are exposed, giving a nice contrast from the covered section of the antlers. The beads are set in intricate geometric designs and show vivid colors of yellow, orange, light blue, light green, blue, purple, orange, white, red, brown, pink, grey, salmon and black. The partial skull shows a Tatéi Wérika design made from yellow beads. The Tatéi Wérika image is associated with the sun and is often depicted as a two-headed eagle. A thin metal wire is wrapped around the base of the antlers, used for hanging the artwork on the wall. The piece shows good condition overall with some small areas of bead loss present, but no signs of major damage or wear is noted. The artwork measures 12" L x 11 1/4" W x 6 1/8" D and weighs 1 pound.