Altar dedicated to ancestors in Terreiro do Bogum, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
name: label: Collection Photographer
content: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
topic: label: Topic
content: Altars
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content: Melville Herskovits photographs
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content: Melville Herskovits photographs / Brazil
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photographic print (B/W, 3 x 4 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1941-1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1986-029, Item EEPA.1986-029-0731
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Ancestral altar for Terreiro do Bogum at the base of a large tree. The scene features an altar with three ceramic containers, a white cloth wrapped around the lower limbs of the tree and trunk, and a rounded rock for making sacrificial offerings.