The Anthropology of the Vale do Paraiba Museum

Presentation of MAV, a regional museum that aims to study and disseminate the ways of living, doing and knowing the Valeparaibano man.

Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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The Vale do Paraíba Anthropology Museum - MAV

It is a regional museum that aims to study and disseminate the ways of living, doing and knowing of the Valeparaíba man. In its trajectory, by identifying and promoting the recognition of regional culture, it formed an expressive collection telling the history of the region.

Round table - Chair | School objects collection by UnknownAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Waldisa Rússio Guarnieri

The constitution of this museum represents a rupture in the history of museums in Brazil, conceived by museologist Waldisa Rússio Guarnieri, the idea of bringing everyday life and the common man to the museum highlights this institution.

Historic Solar building Gomes Leitão | Popular Art Collection Historic Solar building Gomes Leitão | Popular Art Collection (Beginning 21st century) by Elton BrasilAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

About the MAV project

The MAV project was linked to the avant-garde thinking of the New Museology, where the history of the collective and social groups had the same importance as the stories of national heroes and traditional families.

Wall clock | School objects collection Wall clock 2 | School objects collectionAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Collections

It currently has a large collection consisting of the following:

Oratory | Sacred Art Collection Oratory | Sacred Art Collection (Century XIX) by UnknownAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Religious art

This collection stands out in the MAV collection, due to the quality of the pieces that incorporate it and the typological variety of the pieces. The first pieces of this collection were acquired in antique shops in 1980 and in 1997 it received a large amount of pieces from th

Our Lady of Conception | Sacred Art Collection, Unknown, Century XIX, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Gospel According to Saint John | Sacred Art Collection Gospel According to Saint John 1 | Sacred Art Collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Saint Anthony | Sacred Art Collection Saint Anthony 2 | Sacred Art Collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Our Lady of Conception | Sacred Art Collection Our Lady of Conception 2 - Crown | Sacred Art Collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Ex-voto- Head | Sacred Art Collection, Unknown, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Saint Cosimo and Damião | Sacred Art Collection, José Militão Libório ( - c.1903 - Santo Amaro da Purificação-BA, 1975), 1970s, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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Iron - Fame Model - nº 3 | Everyday Objects Collection Iron - Fame Model - nº 3 | Everyday Objects Collection (Century XIX) by UnknownAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Daily life and Society

Made up of objects ranging from kitchen utensils to materials associated with crafts such as carpentry and weaving. This is a collection more linked to the anthropological typology of MAV, which seeks to understand the daily lives of those who inhabit the Vale do Paraíba.

Cash Register | Everyday Objects Collection, The National Cash Register Co., From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

trough | Everyday Objects Collection, Unknown, Century XIX/ XX, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Signal lantern | everyday objects Signal lantern | everyday objects, Unknown, Century XIX, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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Canapé - Armchair | School objects collection settee 3 | School objects collectionAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

School objects

They were objects belonging to the Cel School. Carlos Porto, and had been left in the building as a result of the school's move to the new headquarters.

Canapé - Armchair | School objects collection Canapé 1 - Armchair | School objects collection, Unknown, Century XX, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Canapé - Armchair | School objects collection settee 2 | School objects collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Wall clock | School objects collection Wall clock 1 | School objects collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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The beginning of this collection takes place with the first donation of objects to the museum, originating from decree nº 17.487 of August 5, 1981, of the Government of the State of São Paulo. Throughout its history, the museum continues to receive diplomas, photographs, and other school objects, both from the Carlos Porto school and from other educational institutions in the municipality.

Boogeyman | Popular Art Collection by UnknownAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Popular art

Collection of sculptures about everyday life. Popular art seeks, with the simplicity of materiality, to dialogue about the themes of the daily life of the caipira, the intensity of their faith, the importance of their folklore and even their political and social positioning.

Maintained by the force of tradition, knowledge is passed from generation to generation, thus consolidating the identity of a people. They are pieces of clay, cooked or raw, of wood pigmented or not, that tell us a lot about the man from Vale-Paraíba.

Wood stove - Pylon | folk art collection, Benedita Pereira dos Santos, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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In the collection there are works by the plastic artist, Geraldo Magela Borbagatto, Master of Brazilian Popular Culture, awarded by the Ministry of Culture in recognition of his contribution to the country's culture with his research on Paulistinhas and on the rescue of the way of making these sculptures of baked clay.

Casario Collection | Folk Art Collection Casario Collection | Folk Art Collection, Geraldo Magela Barreiros, 1988, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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Fine earthenware | Archeology Collection (2006) by UnknownAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Archeology

The MAV archaeological collection currently has around 400,000 items, approximately 80% of which are represented by fragments of pieces.

Colonial ceramics | Archeology Collection, Unknown, 2003, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Calibrator | Archeology Collection, Unknown, 1997, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Semilunar Ax Blade Fragment | Archeology Collection, Unknown, 2002, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Ax Blades | Archeology Collection, Unknown, Between 1997 and 2002, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Ax Blade - Hatchet | Archeology Collection, Unknown, Between 1997 and 2002, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Funeral urn Tupi Guarani | Archeology Collection Funeral urn Tupi Guarani | Archeology Collection, Unknown, 2002, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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Banknotes, coins and medals | Numismatics CollectionAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Numismatics

Numismatics is made up of a variety of coins and paper money. It has coins from the Empire of Brazil and more recent ones such as Cruzeiro and Cruzado Novo. The collection continues to receive donations, the last one took place in 2019.

Banknotes and coins | Numismatics Collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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Medals | Numismatics CollectionAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Medals

The collection of commemorative medals. Highlight for the medal commemorating the marriage between S.M.I. D. Pedro I and S.M.I D. Maria Leopoldina.

Sword Guard Dom Pedro II | Armory Collection Sword 2 | Armory CollectionAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Armory

The main piece of this collection is the sword of the National Guard of D. Pedro II, donated to the MAV collection in 1986. Other objects such as grenades and officers' clothing from 1932 make up the collection.

Cape Sword Guard Dom Pedro II | Armory Collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Shotgun | Armory Collection Shotgun | Armory Collection, Unknown, Early 20th century, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Clothing piece | Armory Collection, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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Face and bird | Pinacoteca Collection (2004) by Cléuso Benedito de PaulaAnthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

Pinacoteca

The pieces range from academic painting to naive art. The collection features works by Adão Silvério, Almeida Junior, Cleuso de Paula and other important artists from Vale do Paraíba, in addition to winning works at the Jacareí Arts Salon - SAJA

Our Lady of the Annunciation (Incarnation) | Pinacoteca Collection, Unknown, Century XVIII, From the collection of: Anthropology Museum of the Paraíba Valley

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