ABSTRACT
The article analyzes some configurations in the field of Anthropology of Museums having as a case study the uses and appropriations of the afro-religious collections existing in the Afro-Brazilian Museum of Sergipe, in Laranjeiras-SE. Based on narratives about the context of the creation of the museum, data about the formation of the Exu Room and the analysis of the conflicts around the representation and musealization of elements that evoke Exu in the museological exhibition demonstrates multiple strategies of the production of “sacred” in secular contexts and institutions. In the same way, it highlights the resonances present in the movements of afro-religious goods and the conflicts around the (self) representation policies materialized in musealization actions and patrimonialization of cultural differences.
KEYWORDS:
Anthropology; Afro Museums; Afro-religious collection; Exu