doll used by brujo wood, badly insect-eaten with face almost obliterated; 1 vegetation bean eye; remnant animal hair moustache; dressed in plainweave garment of bast fiber; brujo doll used in planting bean fields
Donor:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection place:
San Mateo, Hidalgo, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Otomi
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies