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 RESPRESENTATIONS OFSENOR NAGUAL (LORD NAGUAL). THE FOLLOWING IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF CHILDBIRTH. AFTER BIRTH THE DEVIL SENDS A NAGUAL WHO SEEKS THE BLOOD OF THE NEWBORN. HE FLIES ABOVE THE HOUSE WAITING. THE FAMILY FIGHTS HIS ARRIVAL WITH TWO NEEDLES CROSSED OR WITH OPEN SCISSORS PLACED ABOVE THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE. THE NAGUAL GETS HUNG UP AND DIES. THIS GOD HAS WINGS AND A TAIL. SOMETIMES WE SEE HIM FLYING AT DUSK WHEN HE TAKES THE FORM OF A BAT. BUT WE KNOW THAT HE IS SENOR NAGUAL LOOKING FOR BLOOD." UNMOUNTED DOLL (23.5 X 18CM) IS PART OF SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL (33.5 X 25CM) IS PART OF THE 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: E423427-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 16.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 32.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm