Box containing a bar of soap (Atrai Dinheiro: attract money); printed paper; blue, red, and yellow; photo of treasure chest with paper money; soap enclosed. Length: 7.6 cm; depth: 1.8 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 Soap (organic material)
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.