Print

Museum number:
16-18528
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160018528
Alternate number:
34 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Print. Kneeling indian with white feather headdress and skirt, jungle setting. "Caboclo Pena Branca" (Mestizo white feather) on scroll, printed signature of T. Nakane. 18.5 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 16-18528, described as Print. Kneeling indian with white feather headdress and skirt, jungle setting. "Caboclo Pena Branca" (Mestizo white feather) on scroll, printed signature of T. Nakane. 18.5 cm by 25.2 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Print, accession number 16-18528, described as Print. Kneeling indian with white feather headdress and skirt, jungle setting. "Caboclo Pena Branca" (Mestizo white feather) on scroll, printed signature of T. Nakane. 18.5 cm by 25.2 cm.

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