Figure

Museum number:
16-18471
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3422
Object count:
1
Description:
Figure (Pao Proto Velho: "old black grandfather_; painted plaster; standing black grandfather in white with red trim; height: 11 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
Materials:
Plaster
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 16-18471, described as Figure (Pao Proto Velho: "old black grandfather_; painted plaster; standing black grandfather in white with red trim; height: 11 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 16-18471, described as Figure (Pao Proto Velho: "old black grandfather_; painted plaster; standing black grandfather in white with red trim; height: 11 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 16-18471, described as Figure (Pao Proto Velho: "old black grandfather_; painted plaster; standing black grandfather in white with red trim; height: 11 cm.

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