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 REPRESEN- TATIONS OF "PRESIDENTE DE INFIERNOS" (PRESIDENT OF INFER- NOS). THE FOLLOWING IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "THIS DEVIL COMMANDS ALL THOSE JEWS WHO GO OUT INTO THE HILLS AND FIELDS. HE HAS HORNS, AN ENORMOUS BEARD, WINGS, AND A HOOKED TAIL. NOTICE HIS FOUR LEGS." (IT IS ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT HE WEARS SHOES ON HIS FEET, AN ACCESSORY WHICH THE BRUJO'S FATHER USED ON BLACK BARK PAPER DOLLS FOR BLACK MAGIC. HIS FATHER, ALFONSO EXPLAINED, THOUGHT THAT ONLY EVIL PERSONS WORE SHOES, SUCH AS MESTIZOS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; R. KAUPP.) UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF THE SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF SET MADE FOR SALE TO OUT- SIDERS. *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: E423418-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 25 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 16.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 32.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 24 cm