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 "DIOS DE NOCHES" (GOD OF NIGHTS). THE FOLLOWING IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "THIS IS A BAD SPIRIT. THE EVIL SPIRITS ASK MANZOMA (MOCTEZUMA) AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNOS TO LEAVE HELL AND DO EVIL. THE GOD OF NIGHTS TELLS THEM THAT EVERYONE IS ASLEEP, BUT IF THEY FIND SOMEONE THEY KNOW, HE TELLS THEM WHAT THEY CAN DO TO THEM. AT MIDNIGHT THE JEWS COME OUT INTO THE FIELDS AND ALL OVER THE WORLD WAITING." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF THE SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED IS PART OF THE 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: E423417-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 17 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 33.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 25 cm