Incense

Museum number:
16-18522
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Packet of incense; printed paper, red, blue, green, yellow, pink on white. Line drawing of Indian drawing a bow. Label: "Super Defumador de Forca Attrativa. Corre Atras de Mim." Incense enclosed. 11.2 cm by 13.7 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.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 16-18522, described as Packet of incense; printed paper, red, blue, green, yellow, pink on white. Line drawing of Indian drawing a bow. Label: "Super Defumador de Forca Attrativa. Corre Atras de Mim." Incense enclosed. 11.2 cm by 13.7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 16-18522, described as Packet of incense; printed paper, red, blue, green, yellow, pink on white. Line drawing of Indian drawing a bow. Label: "Super Defumador de Forca Attrativa. Corre Atras de Mim." Incense enclosed. 11.2 cm by 13.7 cm.

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