Paper doll

Museum number:
3-29149
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029149
Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Paper doll. Layers of colored tissue paper, stitched together with white thread, cut-out in figures representing a plant, a peanut. Outside layer of paper is cut back in different areas so other colors show through. Label attached to figure states, "cacahuate" (peanut) 31.0 cm x 11.0 cm approximately.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Materials:
Bark (plant material) and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Used by sorcerers.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 9.5 centimeters and height 33.3 centimeters
Comment:
H-12-5
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper doll, accession number 3-29149, described as Paper doll. Layers of colored tissue paper, stitched together with white thread, cut-out in figures representing a plant, a peanut. Outside layer of paper is cut back in different areas so other colors show through. Label attached to figure states, "cacahuate" (peanut) 31.0 cm x 11.0 cm approximately.

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