Bookmark of Contos dos Orixás
date: label: Date
content: February 2019
name: label: Created by
content: Hugo Canuto, Brazilian, born 1986
notes: label: Description
content: This bookmark is of a drawn image printed in color 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions in the front or back.
place: label: Place made
content: Brazil, Latin America, South America
label: Cultural Place
content: Brazil, Latin America, South America
label: Cultural Place
content: West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
label: Topic
content: Multilingual communication
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.45.1.3
objectType: label: Type
content: bookmarks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2019 Hugo Canuto
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (17.5 × 4.5 cm)