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Memorial Iyá Davina
Located in the terreiro Ilê Omolu Oxum, the Memorial Iyá Davina is a documentation and research center open to the public and dedicated to Afro-Brazilian society and culture. The center stores various materials (including photographs, drawings,…
Mãe Meninazinha de Oxum and Nilce Nascimento
The leader of Ilê Omolu Oxum, Mãe Meninazinha de Oxum, and her niece, Nilce Nascimento.
Coatis
Coatis in the Tijuca National Park, near the restaurant Os Esquilos
Casa Omolokum
Located in Little Africa, Casa Omolokum--named after the food made for Oxum, the Afro-Brazilian deity of femininity, fertility, and prosperity--serves Afro-Brazilian dishes such as moqueca and acarajé. The restaurant is part of a collective that…
Morro da Providência
A view of the first favela of Brazil, Morro da Providência, from the Valongo Hanging Garden. The half-moon on top of the hill is part of Casa Amarela, a cultural center established in 2009 by the French artist JR and the Brazilian photographer and…
Cannon yard (pátio dos canhões) at the National History Museum
Cannons left from the original fortress of Santiago which included the Trem House for guarding artillery and the War Arsenal. The region where the museum is located was a military area until 1908, when the War Arsenal was transferred to Ponta do…
Sambistas by Heitor dos Prazeres, at the MUHCAB
Oil painting by Heitor dos Prazeres, an Afro-Brazilian samba composer and artist.
"Types of Walking Sellers" ("Tipos de Rua") at the National History Museum
These 19th and 20th-century works made in carved wood by Bahian artist Erotides Americo de Araujo Lopes represent Black female workers on the streets of Brazil. These women, both enslaved and free, are also called "ganhadeiras," referring to the…
Maria Cambinda at the National History Museum
This 19th-century sculpture and mask in wood was used in processions of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men, in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. She was adopted as a symbol of the Decolonial Brazil: other histories exhibition at the…
View of the interior of the Main House at Varner-Hogg plantation site
The original furnishings have been removed and stored separately.
Timeline of people who lived in and occupied the Varner-Hogg plantation site
Timeline found inside the exhibition house.
View of Varner Creek that leads to Brazos River
The second picture (without signage) is the view from the balcony of the second floor of the Main House.
Names of all of the known enslaved people associated with the Patton family
List displayed in the exhibition at the Varner-Hogg plantation site
