Fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
name: label: Collector
content: Phyllis Galembo
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Oxala (sky father and creator of bodies) tool made of silver-like metal with cylindrical handle, decorated with geometric shapes impressed and incised into the harp-shaped body of the tool. Parts of the body are cut out and metal rods are welded on the back. The tool relates to Candomble practices iin Brazil and was given by Phyllis Galembo, an American artist/photographer who has worked extensively with African Diaspora religions in the New World, to Michael Mason in 2002.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Jun 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Brazil (not certain), South America (not certain)
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: 2082129
label: USNM Number
content: E436205-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Length - Tool
content: 34.5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Tool
content: 18 cm
label: Maximum Depth - Tool
content: 1.5 cm