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ID: 300456589 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300456589			Record Type: concept

binding figurines (dolls (figurines), figurines, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

Note: A generic term that refers to a broad class of anthropomorphic figures or dolls used as focus entities to ritually bind social or supernatural enemies. Extant historical sources specify these figures' roles as mere representations or symbols, rather than facsimilies, of social or supernatural identities. They serve primarily as a tangible medium for ritual performance through which spiritual forces can be contained. Traditional treatment of the figures included twisting, burning, melting, and otherwise manipulating their limbs into bound positions; piercing the objects with pins or nails; and enclosing the dolls within sealed boxes.

Terms:

binding figurines (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)

binding figures (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)

spell-binding figures (C,U,English,AD,U,U)

binding effigies (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)

poppets (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)

ritual effigies (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VC

Hierarchical Position:

Objects Facet

.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)

........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G)

............ visual works (works) (G)

................ <visual works by material or technique> (G)

.................... sculpture (visual works) (G)

........................ <sculpture by subject type> (G)

............................ figurines (G)

................................ dolls (figurines) (G)

.................................... binding figurines (G)

Sources and Contributors:

binding effigies............	[VP]
.............................	Farone, Christopher A, "Binding and Burying the Forces of Evil," Classical Antiquity (1991) 172

binding figures............	[VP]
.............................	Mann, "Binding Figures," Shakespeare Studies (2021) 61-111
.............................	Roy, "Practical Fastenings," Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (2009) 186

binding figurines............	[VP Preferred]
................................	Frankfurter, "'Voodoo Doll,'" Arethusa (2020) 43-58

poppets............	[VP]
.................	Opsopaus, "Ancient Greek Poppets," in Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism (2022) accessed 1 May 2024

ritual effigies............	[VP]
.............................	Opsopaus, "Ancient Greek Poppets," in Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism (2022) accessed 7 May 2024

spell-binding figures............	[VP]
......................................	Bartocci, "Medieval Enchantment," World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review (2011) 88


Subject: .....	[VP]
............	Bartocci, "Medieval Enchantment," World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review (2011) 88
............	Farone, Christopher A, "Binding and Burying the Forces of Evil," Classical Antiquity (1991) 207-220
............	Frankfurter, "'Voodoo Doll,'" Arethusa (2020) 43-58
............	Mann, "Binding Figures," Shakespeare Studies (2021) 61-111
............	Opsopaus, "Ancient Greek Poppets," in Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism (2022) accessed 1 May 2024
............	Roy, "Practical Fastenings," Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (2009) 186


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Farone, Christopher A, "Binding and Burying the Forces of Evil," Classical Antiquity (1991) 207-220
	..........	Frankfurter, "'Voodoo Doll,'" Arethusa (2020) 43-58
	..........	Opsopaus, "Ancient Greek Poppets," in Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism (2022) accessed 1 May 2024

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