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 A CURING CEREMONY (LIMPIA) BY AN OTOMI SHAMAN ("NEI" IN OTOMI,"BRUJO" IN SPANISH). THESE FIGURES ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF SENOR MOCTEZUMA (CALLED MANZOMA); AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CEREMONY THIS ONE IS PASSED OVER CHEST, BACK, AND PART OF BODY OF THE PERSON TO BE CURED. THE FOLLOWING IS HOW MANZOMA IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "SENOR MANZOMA IS KING OF THE JEWS, THE BIGGEST DEVIL OF ALL. HE IS SEATED IN HELL AND RECEIVED ALL THE EVIL OF THE OTHER JEWS. WHEN A PROMISE OR OFFER- ING IS MADE, HE EMERGES TO SEE THE CEREMONY. HE SENDS ALL THE DEVILS OUT TO DO BAD DEEDS. HE CARRIES THE LARGEST MACHETE OF ALL AND HAS A TAIL." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF SET MADE THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF SET MADE FOR SALE TO OUTSIDERS. SEE HISTORY 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: E423410-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 24 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 33.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 25.5 cm