In Mixtec and Tlapanec communities in Guerrero, Mexico, bruj…

In Mixtec and Tlapanec communities in Guerrero, Mexico, brujos (witches) create figurines using wax, sugar, or dead animals to represent other people in the community. The brujo then enacts whatever misfortune he wishes for his victim on the figurine, with the expectation that the person represented will feel it. How would an anthropologist most likely categorize this practice?