Altar Object
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) altar object made of silver-like metal with cylindrical handle on a round raised base, and a sunflower at the top of the handle. Inserted into the raised base are four metal rods, curved at the upper ends into a circle. The object relates to Candomble practices in 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, during planning for a temporary exhibit
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 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: E436225-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Religious Item
physicalDescription: label: Height - Altar Object
content: 26.6 cm
label: Maximum Width - Altar Object
content: 17.7 cm
label: Maximum Depth - Altar Object
content: 10.5 cm