Puppets. Figures representing characted of play with heads, hands and feet made of clay, connected by the fabric of the costumes, trimmed with feathers and gold foil paper, stiff wire extending from tops of heads. Lengths 19.0 cm through 22.0 cm. Costumed male figure
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico City
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
1956
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies