Incense

Museum number:
16-18519
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Packet; printed paper; blue, red, olive on white, line drawing of an Indian drawing a bow: "Defumador Atrative da felicidade" (aphrodisiac). Incense enclosed. 10.5 cm by 13.3 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:
Incense
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. "Faz Quere Quem Não Me Quer"—Make to want what he (she) who doesn't want me.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Title:
Faz Quere Quem Não Me Quer
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 16-18519, described as Packet; printed paper; blue, red, olive on white, line drawing of an Indian drawing a bow: "Defumador Atrative da felicidade" (aphrodisiac). Incense enclosed. 10.5 cm by 13.3 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 16-18519, described as Packet; printed paper; blue, red, olive on white, line drawing of an Indian drawing a bow: "Defumador Atrative da felicidade" (aphrodisiac). Incense enclosed. 10.5 cm by 13.3 cm.

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