Liquid bath soap

Museum number:
16-18527b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
33 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Description:
Bottle of liquid bath soap (Banho liquido). Clear glass bottle with plastic and aluminum cap, blue paper label with mermaid and woman in pink dress; contains blue-colored liquid. Height 11.7 cm; width 5 cm.
Donor:
Daryl P. Domning and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Manaus, Amazonas State, 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. Yemanja is goddess of the sea, goddess of conception.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Liquid bath soap, accession number 16-18527b, described as Bottle of liquid bath soap (Banho liquido). Clear glass bottle with plastic and aluminum cap, blue paper label with mermaid and woman in pink dress; contains blue-colored liquid. Height 11.7 cm; width 5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Liquid bath soap, accession number 16-18527b, described as Bottle of liquid bath soap (Banho liquido). Clear glass bottle with plastic and aluminum cap, blue paper label with mermaid and woman in pink dress; contains blue-colored liquid. Height 11.7 cm; width 5 cm.

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