Bar of soap

Museum number:
16-18480
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Alternate number:
27 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Box containing soap; printed paper; yellow, orange, blue; picture of an Indian with a bow and arrow; "Xango" is printed on the box. Width: 5 cm; depth: 2.2 cm; length: 8 cm.
Donor:
Daryl P. Domning and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Verbatim coll. place:
Brazil
Culture or time period:
Afro-Brazilian
Collector:
Daryl P. Domning
Collection date:
April 1978
Materials:
Paper (fiber product) and Soap (organic material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Context of use:
Used in Umbanda, one of the Afro-Brazilian possession cults.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bar of soap, accession number 16-18480, described as Box containing soap; printed paper; yellow, orange, blue; picture of an Indian with a bow and arrow; "Xango" is printed on the box. Width: 5 cm; depth: 2.2 cm; length: 8 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bar of soap, accession number 16-18480, described as Box containing soap; printed paper; yellow, orange, blue; picture of an Indian with a bow and arrow; "Xango" is printed on the box. Width: 5 cm; depth: 2.2 cm; length: 8 cm.

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