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 "DIOS DEL MONTE" (GOD OF THE MOUNTAIN). THE FOLLOWING IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "WHEN A CHILD IS BORN ITS SPIRT IS FRIGHTENED BY THE LION. THIS DOLL PROTECTS THE SPIRIT OF THE NEWBORN. ABOVE HIS HEAD ARE BRANCHES WITH BIRDS FLYING AMONG THE LEAVES. THE SMALL BALLS ARE THE SPIRIT OF THUNDER WHICH CRASHES ON ITS HEAD. MUCH EVIL MAY COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND THEIR GOD MUST ALWAYS BE INCLUDED IN A "BARRIDA" (LIMPIA)." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF 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: E423416-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 25 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 17 cm