Packet; printed paper; white with black ink; drawing of a frog with crown; powder enclosed. 5.5 cm by 5.6 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)
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. Sect name: Quibanda. Translation of back label: Prepared in accordance with the laws of Quibanda, to be used all at once. USE IN SECRET.