Ometepe Ancient Mystery?

I wonder if this is an Indian thing.

Many years ago in the Yucatan I noticed dolls adorning Mayan farm holdings well off the beaten path. They were cheaply-made, mass-produced children's doll that had been repainted garishly and hung up high in trees out of arm's length. In some cases it was the picture of a girlchild model that had been cut out of a magazine ad, mounted and framed, and nailed to a post.

I conjecture that these were totems of agricultural gods, e.g., Mayans worshipped Agoostal (there are various spellings) the goddess of childbirth who was sometimes depicted as a child herself. Perhaps they placed her totem in a field in the hope that she would nurture new crops.

Interestingly, all the dolls I noticed in the Yucatan depicted girls.

I havd been told that the Nicaraguan mestizos have lost their all their knowledge of their Indian origins. Could it be that this is a cultural holdover from pre-Hispanic culture? Are there any other signs that Mestizos in this area have retained snatches of their original culture?

Maybe its a scarecrow for cattle. That vine has been tied to the post and maybe they want to keep the cattle from eating it before it get big enough to survive.

thinking the head hunters were marking thier territory.

from the mushrooms in the lost land of the cattle pasture