Bark Paper Dolls, "Munecos"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1968 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Robert Kaupp
label: Collector
content: Kathleen K. Kaupp
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Robert Kaupp
notes: label: Notes
content: PART OF A SET OF TWENTY DOLLS USED IN CURING CEREMONY (LIMPIA) BY AN OTOMI SHAMAN ("NEI" IN OTOMI, "BRUJO" IN SPANISH). THESE FIGURES ARE REPRESEN- TATIONS OF "PAJARITO DEL MONTE" (LITTLE BIRD OF THE MOUNTAIN). THE FOLLOWING IS HOW IT IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "THIS IS AN EVERYDAY LITTLE BIRD WITH A NEST FROM WHICH HIS LITTLE BIRDS EMERGE. THE BIG BIRD IN THE CUT-OUT IS THE MOTHER. THIS BIRD FLIES OUT TO FIND ITS CHILDREN, TO EAT FLOWERS AND LITTLE ANIMALS. HE DOES NOTHING IN THE "BARRIDO" (LIMPIA) BUT WORK WITH THE GOD OF THE MOUNTAIN." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF THE SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF SET MADE FOR SALE TO OUTSIDERS. *SEE HISTORY CARD FOR SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION.
label: Notes
content: Made of amate bark paper, made from tree bark, often from wild fig/Ficus trees.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Otomi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359391
label: USNM Number
content: E423415-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 25 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 17 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 34 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 25 cm