Bendición de la cosecha

The back is inscribed and signed: "Vendicion de la cosecha hecho por Santos Motoaopohua de la Torre y familia" (Blessing of the harvest, made by Santos Motoaopohua de la Torre and family).

The piece shows a maize plant between two candles. Héctor M. Medina Miranda, of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, recorded Catarino Carrillo, of the Wixárika community of Bancos de Calítique in Durango, telling of the five daughters of the maize mother, Uteanaka, who were maize of different colors and also squash, beans and amaranth: "ellas eran maíz, eran gente" (they were maize, they were people). Medina writes that each stage of the plant's growth is given "una personalidad particular" (a personality of its own).

In its guide to the Wixárika Route, Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia writes that candles "representan la luz del Sol y la conexión con las deidades" (represent the light of the Sun and the connection with the deities) and are lit as offerings at the sacred sites.