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: FROM A SET OF 20 DOLLS USED IN CURING CEREMONY (LIMPIA) BY AN OTOMI SHAMAN ("NEI" IN OTOMI, "BRUJO" IN SPANISH). THESE FIGURES ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF REINA DELAS TIERRAS MALAS (QUEEN OF THE BADLANDS). AS DESCRIBED BYALFONSO GARCIA, BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "THIS DOLL IS THE GODDESS WHO PRESIDES AT THE BIG CEREMONY OF THE OFFERING OF SEEDS. SOMETIMES A FAMILY WILL MAKE HER A PRIVATE OFFERING. THE OWNER OF THE "MILPA" (FIELD) GOES TO HIS PLOT TO FIND A SNAKE. THE QUEEN COMMANDS THE SNAKE TO GET HER THE OFFERING WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE FIELD. A LITTLE HOUSE IS MADE OF BANANA LEAVES. THE CEREMONY IS HELD TO WARD OFF ANY BAD SPIRITS WHO MIGHT HINDER THE ARRIVAL OF THE GODS. THE DOLL IS ON HER BED OF "AMATE" (BARK PAPER) AND RETIRES TO THE LAND OF THE BAD JEWS. FOLLOWING THIS ISTHE REGULAR CEREMONY OF THE OFFERING OF THE REINA DE LAS MALAS TIERRAS. SHE IS VERY POWERFUL AND MUST ALSO BE IN- CLUDED IN ANY CURING CEREMONY. UNMOUNTED DOLL FROM SET USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL FROM SET FOR SALE TO OUTSIDERS. SEEHISTORY CARD FOR SOURCE OF DESCRIP.
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: E423414-0
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: 30.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 17 cm