Replicas of human parts inside Bahia church

Should a person with a serious illness be cured, their family may well place a replica of the healed limb or organ inside this church. The complex mingling of Roman Catholicism with other beliefs in healing take shape here

Welch, Claude Emerson

State University of New York at Buffalo

1982-08

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Brazilian

Salvador (Brazil)

Welch-Ludwig Collection

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