Print

Museum number:
16-18539
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160018539
Alternate number:
45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Print. Seated Indian maiden in feathered skirt and headdress holding bow and arrow, petting a leopard, jungle background. Scroll reads: "Cabocla Jurema" (heroine). 18.2 cm by 25.2 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
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 Print, accession number 16-18539, described as Print. Seated Indian maiden in feathered skirt and headdress holding bow and arrow, petting a leopard, jungle background. Scroll reads: "Cabocla Jurema" (heroine). 18.2 cm by 25.2 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Print, accession number 16-18539, described as Print. Seated Indian maiden in feathered skirt and headdress holding bow and arrow, petting a leopard, jungle background. Scroll reads: "Cabocla Jurema" (heroine). 18.2 cm by 25.2 cm.

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