Bark Paper Dolls "Dios Del Trueno" ("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 RESPRESENTATIONS OFDIAS DEL TRUENO (GOD OF THUNDER). THE FOLLOWING IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED BY ALFONSO GARCIA, THE BRUJO OF SAN PABLITO: "THIS GOD FOLLOWS THE GOD OF LIGHTNING. ON HIS HAT HE WEARS BALLS OF THUNDER. HIS LONG SHARP TONGUE SPEAKS A LOT. HE HAS A BEARD AND WEARS SHOES. HIS ARMS, LEGS, AND TAIL ALL HAVE BALLS OF THUNDER. HIS BELT TOO CARRIES THUNDER." UNMOUNTED DOLL IS PART OF THE SET THAT WOULD BE USED BY BRUJO. MOUNTED DOLL ISPART 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: E423425-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 27 cm
label: Unknown - Unmounted Doll
content: 17 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 33.5 cm
label: Unknown - Mounted Doll
content: 25 cm