Paper dolls. Various shades of bark paper, cut into zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures used in sorcery; some are single sheets, some double sheets stitched together with white thread. 16.0 cm x 10.5 cm. through 28.0 cm x 9.0 cm.
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:
Collector states that figures wearing shoes are identified as bad spirits (mestizo) and figures with no shoes are identified as good spirits (Indian).