Postcard 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 postcard is of a drawn image printed in color on paper. The image depicted is Oyó, the City of Fire, capitol of Xangô’s empire. 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. The entrance gate to the city includes statues of lions, antelopes and at the top, a double-sided ax similar to Xangô’s weapon of choice. In the upper left corner, in black text [CONTOS DOS ORIXÁS], the name of the comic book the image is in reference to.
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: 2021.45.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: postcards
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: 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (15 × 10.5 cm)