Context (Amendments / updates)
The catalogue card gives a list of places and dates, possibly where the various elements were collected, although this is not explicitly stated and it is unclear which place may be associated to which object. The list reads: 'La Paz, January 1992; Copacabana, July 1995; Señor de Wank'a, September 1995; Pumpuri, Northern Potosi, Bolivia, July 1991.
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Related Documents)
See the documentation for this collection (ie. 1999.144-193) in the Museum Archives.
Event Date 1999
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Production / use)
The use of miniatures in rituals is strongly tied to the idea of an annual cycle within which devotees will prosper, but which obliges continuity in the devotion over several years, if not a lifetime. This is partly due to the Andean and Catholic emphasis on the yearly cycle of festivals and devotions, and many of the occasions when miniatures are used are the start of a new period in the agricultural or social calendar such as San Juan, Todos Santos, Christmas, Alacitas, or the roofing of a new house, all of which might be seen as fertility rites at the beginning of a new period of growth. Pilgrimages are mainly undertaken from August to the end of October, towards the end of the dry season when people are preparing to plant the seed for next years crops. August is the month when ground opens up, and it is the most productive time for making offerings particularly those directed into the ground. [note by Bill Sillar].
Event Date 1/10/1999
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1999.193 A-D: 'Four miniature packages of goods.
A: Wooden packing case holding two tins of "Alcohol de Cana - CAIMAN".
B: Wooden packing case holding two tins of "GUABIRA ALCOHOL".
C: Package of woody material secured within coarse cloth. "COCA" written on one side.
D: Package of leafy material enclosed within coarser leaf wrapping.'
Event Date 1/10/1999
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Miniature model package. Wooden fibres wrapped in Hussein and held together with thread. "COCA" written on the top. Possibly containing coca leaves.
Event Date 14/7/2021
Author: Louise Puckett