Featured in this lot are two beaded items from the Mexican Huichol Tribe circa 20th century. 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 into wax. The egg shows a beautiful star pattern made from various beads in colors of white, black, brown, red, green, yellow, blue, light blue dark blue/purple. Some bead loss is present on the egg. The cuff bracelet shows geometric designs in colors of light blue, dark blue, yellow, green, red, orange and brown. The beads are secured nicely and the bracelet shows good attention to detail and great craftsmanship throughout. The pieces show good condition overall with slight wear present to the beaded egg, but none present on the cuff bracelet. Both show no signs of major damage. The bracelet measures 3 1/8" in diameter and 7/16" wide. They have a collective weight of 52.2 grams.*