Ojo de Protección / Eye of Protection, 2021

Dimensions: 61”w X 96”h

Mixed Media

The Ojos de Dios is a spiritual and votive object made by weaving a design out of yarn of several colors upon a wooden cross. The Huichol call their God's Eyes Sikuli, which means "the power to see and understand things unknown.” They are commonly found in Mexican and Mexican American communities, among both Indigenous and Catholic peoples.  During Spanish colonial times in New Mexico, from the 16th to the 19th centuries, Ojos de Dios (God's Eye) were placed where people worked, or where they walked along a trail (Mager, Lynn (2012). The Ojos de Dios is thought by some believers to have the power to see and understand things unknown to the physical eye, therefore can serve as a means of protection.

Film: Zozobra