Huichol art is made by Huichol tribe, they live in Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico. They live in area of Jalisco, Durango and part of Nayarit in north central Mexico. Tribe known for beautiful yarn painting & bead works. These people call themselves as ‘Wirrarika’ which means soothsayer or medicine man. This art dates back centuries.

Originally these paintings where done on stone, but now it is replaced by base of wood. This tribe used beewax which was spread on wood and then left in the sun to soften / melt. Than the artist scratches their design into the wax using sharpened stick. Than they pushed colorful yarn in to the wax to create the artworks. This tribe religion consists of four principals deities. Corn, Kayumarie (A blue deer), Hikuri & Eagle all descended from their sun god.

Todays’ this art uses modern and commercial products like yarn & small beads. Tribe has replaced many of the traditional materials used for this art. They make use of traditional materials like clay stone & vegetable dyes. They made & used beads made of bones, clay, stone, coral, jade & seeds. This was even before importation of European glass beads. Huichol Art first documented in late 19th Century.