Urucum in quilombo Santa Rita do Bracuí

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Urucum in quilombo Santa Rita do Bracuí

Description

Urucum is the original Tupi name (meaning "red color") of Bixa orellana, a shrub native to Central America. Many indigenous peoples of the Americas used the seeds of this plant to make body paint and lipstick.

Creator

Daniel Domingues

Publisher

Lynne Lee

Date

June 2022

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Daniel Domingues, “Urucum in quilombo Santa Rita do Bracuí,” Diasporic Cultures of Slavery: Engaging Disciplines, Engaging Communities, accessed September 19, 2024, https://digitalprojects.rice.edu/MellonSawyer/items/show/153.

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