Anthropologist Ruth Landes with Martiniano, a Candomblé priest (babalorixá) who underwent training as an Ifá diviner in Lagos, West Africa. Photograph from Ruth Landes' 1938-1939 field research on Afro-Brazilians and Candomblé in Brazil in the city of Bahia (now known as Salvador). Handwritten by Landes on verso: "Martiniano & I -- his house, a.m. Bahia, Aug. 1938 (tkn by Ed. Carneiro)."
Arrangement:
Photograph in slide sleeve page marked "August 1938".
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_brazil_91-4_0315
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.