Love potion
- Museum number:
- 16-18506
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160018506
- Alternate number:
- 28 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3422
- Description:
- Box; printed paper; white with black and orange ink; contains glass bottle with liquid; 7 cm by 2 cm by 2.6 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:
- Glass (material) and 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. For translation of directions, see 16-18496.
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Legacy documentation:
-