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280 1938.51. forts. coming, or thunderstorms threaten the crops, beså- des the objects sent I found hen and turkey feathe: wax, copal and the remains of raw eggs. The Maxo- chils consist of sticks bou...
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280 1938.51. forts. coming, or thunderstorms threaten the crops, beså- des the objects sent I found hen and turkey feathe: wax, copal and the remains of raw eggs. The Maxo- chils consist of sticks bound round with maize husks, with blossoms od the sacred golden cempoal- xochitl impaled on them. They are'carried by those who dance at these pagan festivals, and lett as offerings. I am less clear about the use of the ocotes, though Starr gives some examples of their use by Totonacs in his "Ethnography of Southern Mexico". They are little sticks of pine wood with several pieces of different coloured paper of the same size tied round them with paper.. It is possible that the different colours are symbolic of the different ,rops, as is the care with those munecos of San Pablito which are made not of bark paper, but of conunercially produced coloured paper with different colours superimposed, (those in my photo). Yours sincerely, Rodney Gallop. [ocr]
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