The Vision of Tatutsi Xuweri Timaiweme. José Benítez Sánchez, 1980
Yarn 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.

Yarn painting

Transcript:

Here we see the chief Tuamuxawi
he was alone when he began his work
and when he saw that he was full of seed
and so, as we see him, he was the man who could by making
our life; upon arriving at Hixiapa he saw it was closed in
darkness and at the same time he heard in his nierika the one who was
speaking to him was Uti’anaka; When they were walking together and to them
talked Tatutsi Xuweri Timaiweme, what they thought Tatutsi Xuweri understood them
because Tatutsi did not speak but his iyari was speaking, it was like a
swirl that was breathing and Tuamuxawi saw a deer’s tail
that likewise was speaking; well then, I am Tatutsi Maxakwaxi,
where you come from you come standing on my chest; arriving at
where we see the light you have to turn over all The Seed and you have
to look for where you can be. After he was already informed
to him they surrendered everything; when the time came he felt
the earth was moving, as this had to happen with time,
for the things of this world to appear, this authorized Tatutsi
Xuweri Timaiweme; he knew to think that Tatutsi arranged his life
that is why no one listens to this world because from the beginning this was so
Tatutsi Maxakwaxi knew to place the Tateteima in Hixiapa
now of everything Tatutsi Xuweri Timaiweme arranged to complete
His iyari he prepared Tatutsi Maxakwaxi and Irikwekame and
Teiwari Timaiweme Taxikuni for the first time Xurawe Temai
From there many things had to emerge so this would live
from his iyari where this life comes from as we recognize him
from this world – – –


Jose Benitez Sanchez
de San Sebastian – Jalisco

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