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Weird handmade hand painted mexican doll art found… Anyone have info on them?

these are so hard to describe…but i will try. I have 11 doll type things, and one tall statue looking thing made of string, wood, colorful paper and its on a wood base. 2 of the dolls are holding a wooden box structure with colorfol paper and little colorfull flags and on both they have painted bull heads on the front of the wooden structures. The other 9 dolls are all holding ropes over there heads and are all mostly standing in one foot while on is kicking in the air. And then there is one doll that is a cheetah type animal thats standing like a human holding a rope over his head. All of these are hand painted with diffrent colored face paints. They all have sombreros on. And all are on wood bases. The most important description i can give you also is that they are labeled “Recuerdo De Chilapa, Gro” and “Chilapa Gro” They all have that on them. I will have pictures shortly

Having traveled many time through out Mexico to Mayan ruins, I have collected many of their crafts. Your words Recuedo De Chilapa, means memory of Chilapa, These should be the clay figures they make on the wood bases. Sometimes wedding parties and other events, these are very breakable.
I have a site for you to look at and see if this is like your figures. Sometimes they are complete scenes from life, like fertility and buses with people on them. Hopefully this gives you a start for your research for the artist.

http://books.google.com/books?id=n2EWryQkeXYC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=crafts+from+chilapa&source=bl&ots=bkn2k9rucG&sig=8-1mTXt8jaKJm49WMLpBz7V8kvE&hl=en&ei=btoeTPr-CcOclge2oJShDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=crafts%20from%20chilapa&f=false

http://www.lugaresdemexico.com/english/zitlala.html

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