Insetos em presépios e as "formigas vestidas" de Jules Martin (1832-1906): uma curiosa manufatura paulistana do final do século XIX

Authors

  • Dante Martins Teixeira UFRJ; Museu Nacional; Departamento de Vertebrados
  • Nelson Papavero USP; Museu de Zoologia
  • Miguel Angel Monné UFRJ; Museu Nacional; Departamento de Entomologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-47142008000200004

Keywords:

Atta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, "Dressed ants", Jules Martin, Insects, Crèche nativity scenes, Folklore of São Paulo

Abstract

Present in Brazil since the beginning of Portuguese colonization, crèche nativity scenes were soon adapted to local reality, a propitious circumstance for the appearance of heterodox conceptions and the use of exotic elements of the fauna and flora peculiar to each region. As records about insects are very uncommon, it is noteworthy that females of leaf-cutting ants, Atta sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), were used to compose crèche nativity scenes in São Paulo State. Having subsisted at least up to the decade of 1960, the "ant crèches" of cities such as Embu das Artes could be related to the then famous "dressed ants" created by Jules Martin, a curious manufacture of the city of São Paulo in the last quarter of the 19th century.

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Published

2008-12-01

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Section

Material Culture Studies

How to Cite

TEIXEIRA, Dante Martins; PAPAVERO, Nelson; MONNÉ, Miguel Angel. Insetos em presépios e as "formigas vestidas" de Jules Martin (1832-1906): uma curiosa manufatura paulistana do final do século XIX . Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, São Paulo, v. 16, n. 2, p. 105–127, 2008. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-47142008000200004. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/5494.. Acesso em: 16 may. 2024.