Keeps turning up in Brasil, the goddess of the sea; here she is as a mermaid in the Museu Internacional de Arte Naif in Rio, at the foot of Corcovado, where Cristo Redentor above spreads his arms wide.
Mermaid, papier mache, Museu Internacional da Arte Naif, Rio
Inside the Cristo Redentor statue, a shrine to Nossa Senhora Aparecida, patronne of Brasil, expectant mothers, newborn children, gold, honey, beauty, rivers and … the sea.
Banner, Restaurante Sobrenatural
And here she is (twice) in the excellent Rio fish restaurant Restaurante Sobrenatural.
Shrine to Iemanja, Restaurante Sobrenatural
Altar, exhibition on Mario Andrade, Museu Afro-Brasil, Sao Paulo
Blog followers may recall that she turned up at the Sao Paulo exhibition about Mario Andrade in a previous post.
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