Postcard of Contos dos Orixás

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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. There are no inscriptions in the front or back.

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