4294 – Goddess Figure

Physical description:: A Goddess figure made of a terracotta coloured ceramic (quite heavy). She resembles a Black Madonna, but probably represents Erzulie Dantor, a Voodoo Goddess with a close connection to the Virgin Mary. Erzulie Dantor is sometimes referred to as the Voodoo Black Madonna. She is wearing a gold coronet and a long blue cloak, and has a gold cross hanging from her neck. She is quite simply modelled, perhaps by the Voodoo Priest himself.
Museum classification:: New Orleans Tradition / Voodoo
Size:: 140 x 60 x 45
Information:: Part of the collection of objects in the Voodoo Priest's Box, MWM id. 4220.
Resource:: Object
Materials:: Ceramic
Copyright ownership:: MWM

4219 – Beads and Carved Skull

Six faceted black glass beads, one of them broken, and a small skull carved from bone (?) with very fine detail, all strung on fine (and very soft) cord (natural wool or cotton).

A simple handcrafted cross made from a reddish-coloured hardwood. There are various symbols incised shallowly on one side of the cross: groups of dots joined by lines, which could possibly have an astrological significance; and a pennant with vertical lines and a star. There is what appears to be the head of a very small nail driven into the underside of one of the arms of the cross.

4283 – Bottle Containing Powder

A short brown glass bottle containing a pale-coloured powder, and sealed with greyish wax.