Magic powder
- Museum number:
- 16-18485
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160018485
- Alternate number:
- 13 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3422
- 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:
-