Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Mãe Menininha (front center) and her Candomblé priestesses at the Ilé Axé Yá Masse temple, Salvador, Bahia, 1940-41. Mãe Menininha, who was a highly respected Candomblé leader in Bahia, was one of Turner’s main informants.
