Our grass poppet with scrap Walt Disney fabric and painted and glittered clay head is from the collection of a Folk Art dealer in East Texas who, based on the style and materials, presumed that the doll had been made in the New Orleans area in the 1950s or 60s. Voodoo, Santeria and Hoodoo are related, though individualistic, belief systems associated with the transatlantic slave trade during the African American diaspora. Enslaved Africans blended their traditional religious traditions with elements of Christianity, Islam and colonial European cultures; in the case of Voodoo (Voudou), it was French, and in the case of Santeria, Spanish. The complexity of these evolving beliefs and the need to conceal developing spiritual practices from white society left outsiders free to fixate on the rumored occult aspects of this wellspring of Southern African American identity. Condition: Excellent with expected minor wear. Dimension: 11".