M.A.A.A.T. 13

Death. Anthropology. Archaeology. Art. Territories.

Photograph of The kurundú: carving, subcutaneous insertion, and the life cycle of the sacralized bone in the cult of San La Muerte

MAAAT-STC-KUR-001Ethnographic object record

The kurundú: carving, subcutaneous insertion, and the life cycle of the sacralized bone in the cult of San La Muerte

Apotropaic amulet/talisman in human bone, of very small size ("rice-grain" sized for fragments intended for subcutaneous insertion; carved rod/plaque format for pendants worn around the neck or placed on altars).

Origin
Argentine-Paraguayan border area, Paraná river basin (Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco)
Creator
Susanna SaderiLuciano Martucci
Date Created
10/09/2026
Provenance
Argentine-Paraguayan border area, Paraná river basin (Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco)
Catalogue metadata
Abstract dcterms:abstract
A devotional practice of subcutaneous insertion of small carvings in sacralized human bone within the folk-Catholic cult of San La Muerte: from the selection of raw material to ritual incision (incrustación), from the symbolic "rehydration" of the bone to its extraction at the point of death (desencarnación).en
Type dcterms:type
Ethnographic record — Tradition

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