The Vision of Tatutsi Xuweri Timaiweme. José Benítez Sánchez, 1980Yarn and wax on plywood, 122 x 244 cm. Collection Museo Nacional de Antropología - INAH
At the back of the artwork the artist wrote a description in Spanish and Wixarika. Find below a translation of the transcript from Spanish.
Here we see the chief Tuamuxawihe was alone when he began his workand when he saw that he was full of seedand so, as we see him, he was the man who could by makingour life; upon arriving at Hixiapa he saw it was closed indarkness and at the same time he heard in his nierika the one who wasspeaking to him was Uti’anaka; When they were walking together and to themtalked Tatutsi Xuweri Timaiweme, what they thought Tatutsi Xuweri understood thembecause Tatutsi did not speak but his iyari was speaking, it was like aswirl that was breathing and Tuamuxawi saw a deer’s tailthat likewise was speaking; well then, I am Tatutsi Maxakwaxi,where you come from you come standing on my chest; arriving atwhere we see the light you have to turn over all The Seed and you haveto look for where you can be. After he was already informedto him they surrendered everything; when the time came he feltthe earth was moving, as this had to happen with time,for the things of this world to appear, this authorized TatutsiXuweri Timaiweme; he knew to think that Tatutsi arranged his lifethat is why no one listens to this world because from the beginning this was soTatutsi Maxakwaxi knew to place the Tateteima in Hixiapanow of everything Tatutsi Xuweri Timaiweme arranged to completeHis iyari he prepared Tatutsi Maxakwaxi and Irikwekame andTeiwari Timaiweme Taxikuni for the first time Xurawe TemaiFrom there many things had to emerge so this would livefrom his iyari where this life comes from as we recognize himfrom this world – – –Jose Benitez Sanchezde San Sebastian – Jalisco