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 REPRESENTATIONS OF "PAJARITO DE MONOS" (LITTLE BIRD OF THE MONKEY). THE FOL- LOWING IS HOW IT IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJOOF SAN PABLITO:"THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF SICK PEOPLE. THE PAJARITO DE MONOS IS FLYING WITH A HAND ON EACH SIDE HOLDING TWO SMALLER BIRDS AND TWO CHILDREN. THE TWO SMALL BIRDS TAKE THE SICK CHILDREN OR ADULTS TO THE MOUNTAIN. THIS DOLL IS LEFT BY THE FAMILY OF SICK PEOPLE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN ABOVE SAN PABLITO NEAR THE SACRED CAVE ALONG WITH FOUR EGGS AND TORTILLAS WHICH THE LITTLE SQUIRRELS COME AND EAT. THE DOLL MUST ALWAYS BE PRESENT AT A "BARRI-DA" (LIMPIA) OR IT WOULD OTHERWISE BECOME VERY ANGRY." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF SET 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: E423421-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 17 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 30.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 21 cm