Talcum power
- Museum number:
- 16-18478
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160018478
- Alternate number:
- 29 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3422
- Description:
- Box; printed glossy paper; green, red; photo of man and woman; small packet of powder enclosed; length: 8 cm; height: 2.4 cm; width: 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
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber product) and Talc (mineral)
- 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:
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