For your consideration is this beautiful Mexican Huichol Tribe beaded jaguar 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 carved wood jaguar head covered in a layer of beeswax and tree resin. Covering the layer of adhesive are brightly colored beads showing colors of light green, light blue, blue, black, red, brown, orange, white, yellow, teal, grey, silver, pale green and black. They are arranged in intricate geometric designs throughout. The piece shows good condition overall with little wear present and no signs of obvious damage. The piece measures 7 1/8" L x 5 1/2" W x 5" H and weighs 1 pound.