Candomble Light-Green Multistrand Bead Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: 1996
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Michael Mason
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: NECKLACE IS MADE OF 7 STRANDS OF ROUND GREEN GLASS BEADS (W:0.3CM) JOINED TO 2 CYLINDRICAL GREEN GLASS BEADS (L:2.2CM). THESE CYLINDRICAL BEADS ARE JOINED IN THE MIDDLE WITH 4 ROWS OF TINY ROUND GREEN GLASS BEADS. ALL BEADS ARE STRUNG ON NYLON. IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ITEMS LIKE THIS ARE WORN IN DANCES FOR OXOSSI, THE DEITY OF THE HUNT AND THE WOODS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Oct 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Afro-Brazilian, Candomble Practitioner
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420720
label: USNM Number
content: E428591-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 61 cm