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 ESTRELLAS" (LITTLE BIRD OF STARS).THE FOLLOWING IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "THIS SPIRIT ANNOUNCES THINGS. HE IS A MESSENGER OF THE GOD OF THE MOUNTAINS. WHEN MEN CUT WOOD, HE SINGS AND CRIES OUT THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT USUALLY IS SOMETHING BAD; WE ARE VERY AFRAID OF HIS CRY. THIS BIRD HAS A SPECIAL DARK BLUE COLOR. THE STARS ARE SEEN ABOVE HIS DOUBLE HEAD AND THE TAIL IS ALWAYS OUTSTRETCHED BELOW." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF THE SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL 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: E423419-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 26 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 16.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 34 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm