Hand puppet of Maria (Mary). Head, arms and legs are carved from wood and painted. The hands are disproportionately large. She has black eyes and eyebrows, and a small red mouth. Her hair is composed of feathers - deep vibrant blue and light blue. On her feet she wears black sandals. Her fabric outfit is green and painted. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. A small strap extends down inside the head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head, arms and movements.

Wooden box (caja para títeres), painted, to hold hand puppets. Box is cube-shaped, with a shallow hinged lid with handle aligned front to back. There is a small hook and eye latch to secure the box. Each side has a scene painted within a frame of brown with either green x's or yellow dots in the corners. The front depicts a large coati(?) head surrounded by polka dots. The left side has written, 'Mexcal Pue. Tejonen Titirite-ros'. The back depicts a church, a cactus, large tree, and coati(?) under a large red sun. The right side depicts voladores or flying pole dance with four men suspended from a pole. The lid depicts two people dancing(?) in a row.

Seated male figure with bitumen decoration. Figure sits cross-legged, with his hands above his knees, and is shown wearing a headdress, necklace, apron, and arm ornaments(?) just above the wrists. The figure has painted black pupils and holes through his ears with round plugs in the holes? There are black/dark brown painted decorations on his torso, shoulders, necklace, fingernails and toes. The upper legs were also painted black (partly worn off) as if to represent short pants or a skirt. The headdress has three horizontal slits carved in it, at the top and both sides. The back is undecorated. There is a round hole bored in the back of the head. The neck has been broken off and glued back on, as has the right elbow and pieces of the necklace.

Clay whistle in the form of a head, with a separate clay alligator headdress (part b). The head features a face with large protruding nose and lips, mouth slightly open. They eyes are incised slits. The centre of the face is painted black. The head is hollow, with a large rectangular whistle hole carved in the back. The alligator headdress (part b) shows a wide face with protruding eyes, narrowing to a slender snout holding two rows of prominent teeth. On its head the alligator has an orb surrounded by feathers(?). The underside of the headdress is hollowed into a smooth half sphere. A small hole pierces the clay from underside to centre of forehead on the front. The head has breaks at the top and sides. The headdress has had the left side detached and repaired with glue.

Stone yoke or commemorative belt with carved images of a human skeleton, human heads, and a frog's head. Associated with the ball game. Condition: good.

Palm-shaped stone sculpture decorated with carved scroll designs and representing a decorative element that was worn on the front of ball game belts. Condition: good.

Museum Expedition 1939, Museum Purchase

Gift of Princess Gourielli (Mme Helena Rubinstein)

Gift of Princess Gourielli (Mme Helena Rubinstein)

Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund