Salt

Museum number:
16-18476
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
25 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Bottle of salt (Legitimo Sal de Chama: Genuine Salt of Passion); glass with plastic stopper; contains green salt; printed paper label: "Legitimo Sal de Chama"; height: 4.5 cm.
Donor:
Daryl P. Domning and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Verbatim coll. place:
Manaus, Amazonia
Culture or time period:
Afro-Brazilian
Collector:
Daryl P. Domning
Collection date:
April 1978
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mineral and rock samples
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 Salt, accession number 16-18476, described as Bottle of salt (Legitimo Sal de Chama: Genuine Salt of Passion); glass with plastic stopper; contains green salt; printed paper label: "Legitimo Sal de Chama"; height: 4.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt, accession number 16-18476, described as Bottle of salt (Legitimo Sal de Chama: Genuine Salt of Passion); glass with plastic stopper; contains green salt; printed paper label: "Legitimo Sal de Chama"; height: 4.5 cm.

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