Followers of Sabina, Candomblé priestess, taking part in offering ceremony to Iemanjá. Photograph from anthropologist Ruth Landes' 1938-1939 field research on Afro-Brazilians and Candomblé in Brazil in the city of Bahia (now known as Salvador). Typed explanation of print by Landes: "7. Priestesses of all ages in a very elaborate dress carrying on their heads a boat that holds a mermaid and various gifts with which they will go on a short pilgrimage and offer all to the goddess of the sea."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_brazil_91-4_0007
Related Materials:
For related images, see "Ruth Landes field photographs from Bahia, Brazil, 1938 September."
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.