Necklace
- Museum number:
- 16-18545
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160018545
- Alternate number:
- 23 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3422
- Description:
- Necklace, snail shells, linked in pairs, strung on monofilament. Brown twine loop attached around necklace. 69.5 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
- Object class:
- Necklaces
- 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. Can be born in rituals.
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Legacy documentation:
-