Book, Dicionário Da Umbanda, by Altair Pinto, Editora Eco, Brazil, second edition, 1975, paperback. 21 cm by 14 cm. 227 pages.
Donor:
Daryl P. Domning and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Culture or time period:
Afro-Brazilian
Maker or artist:
Altair Pinto
Collector:
Daryl P. Domning
Collection date:
April 1978
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies and 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Production date:
1975
Context of use:
Used in Umbanda, one of the Afro-Brazilian possession cults.