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 SET OF TWENTY DOLLS USED IN CURING CEREMONY (LIMPIA) BY AN OTOMI SHAMAN ("NEI" IN OTOMI,"BRUJO" IN SPANISH). THESE FIGURES ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF SIRENA. THE FOLLOWING IS HOW SHE IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "WHEN CEREMONIAL ARTICLES ARE THROWN INTO THE BARRANCA (CREEK BED) AFTER A CEREMONY, IT IS THIS FEMALE GODDESS WHO ACCEPTS THEM. SHE WORKS WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND HELPS TO DROWN PEOPLE IN THE RIVER. HER MOUTH IS BIG BECAUSE SHE IS A JEWESS OR A DEVIL. SHE WEARS A SKIRT AND BLOUSE, HAS MUCH HAIR ON TOP OF HER HEAD, WEARS SHOES AND HAS A TAIL." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF 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: E423413-0
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: 35.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm