Hoodoo Healer

Name/Title

Hoodoo Healer

Entry/Object ID

L2020.2.3

Description

Newbell Niles Puckett, who was a Mississippian folklorist, went through the Mississippi Delta conducting research and documenting African American folklore practices in the 1920s and ‘30s. This photographic copy provides an example of early hoodoo practitioners and users. The healer in the photo is wearing nutmeg on thread around his neck, which he believed would provide him with good health and protection.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Newbell Niles Puckett

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1920 - circa 1930

Dimensions

Width

11 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Returned to loaner

Date

January 25, 2021

Location

Shelf

Collections Storage

Building

The West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center

Date

January 13, 2021

Location

Room

Museum Lobby

Building

The West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center

Date

September 28, 2020

Exhibition

Hoodoo? We Do: Tracing the Origins and Practices of Hoodoo in West Tennessee

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Credit Line

Label

On loan from the West Tennessee Museum of Southern Hoodoo History