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The black-face muneca forwarded with this memorandum, 
was obtained at Chiman, Provineia de Panama, Republics de 
Panama, in February 1950 under the following circumstances. 
Ch Sunday, February 19, we were told that there was to be 
a"christening" in connection with the usual "carnival'* hilarity 
common to all villages in Panama at this season. In afternoon a 
dozen boys came down to our house bearing formal written invitations 
in delightfully pleasant archaic Spanish asking us to participate. 
My own note read 
"Na Seflor na Alejandro na Sefiorita na Arcenia Reina F. 
na Tengo na honor na nombra na ustedes ns padrinos na hija na 
segunda na Rey na bautizo na sera na hoy na 5 p. m. 
Na espero na su asistencia 
Na Rey " 
About 5:00 p. m. a group came down from the higher houses 
asking contributions. One man wore a false beard of dangling cotton, 
another carried a wooden sword and wore a pasteboard crown. 
There were two drums. We gave them about a dollar, they danced 
the Congo for a few minutes, and then moved along with many calls 
of "Viva los gringos. " 
About 6:00 p. m. the four of us, W. M. Perrygo, Ratibor 
and Yaroslaf Hartmann and I went up the steep path to one of the 
higher houses where there was a small dance platform, and when 
we found our companions for the ceremony. A table in the c,r ter 
