Print

Museum number:
16-18530
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160018530
Alternate number:
36 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Print. Old black woman wearing white gown, headdress, black checked apron, seated on a box, stream and hut in background. Scroll reads "Tia Maria." Printed signature T. Nakane.
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 16-18530, described as Print. Old black woman wearing white gown, headdress, black checked apron, seated on a box, stream and hut in background. Scroll reads "Tia Maria." Printed signature T. Nakane.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Print, accession number 16-18530, described as Print. Old black woman wearing white gown, headdress, black checked apron, seated on a box, stream and hut in background. Scroll reads "Tia Maria." Printed signature T. Nakane.

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