Box; printed white paper with red ink; covered with pink cellophane; bottle with liquid inside; 7 cm by 2 cm by 2.6 cm. Label (translated): "Catch Me And Don't Let Me Go.
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
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. For translation of method of use, see 16-18496.