A bookmark of Contos dos Orixás by Hugo Canuto featuring a color illustration printed on paper. The image depicted is a vertical drawing of Xangô dressed in a red skirt tied with a belt buckle that is blue with a yellow symbol. Xangô is summoning his power as the background is covered in the same yellow tones emitting from his mouth; his eyes are glowing yellow. Xangô’s stance is presumably offensive as his visible leg is planted forward and his back is twisted forward with his arms facing behind him. He is wearing a red crown shaped similarity to a double-sided ax, his weapon of choice. At the bottom is a dark red text box with the white text [CONTOS DOS ORIXÁS], the comic book it is in reference to.
Xangô is an Orixá, the Portuguese word for deities/ancestors of the Afro-Brazilian religions Candomblé and Umbanda, who is reinterpreted as a superhero by Hugo Caunto.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
