Twin Bowl "Marassa"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jun 1942
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Alfred Metraux
notes: label: Notes
content: VESSEL FROM COLLECTION OF CULT OBJECTS CONFISCATED IN 1941 BY THE CATHOLIC CLERGY DURING A CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE VODOU RELIGIOUS PRACTICE. DOUBLE BOWL CARVED FROM SOLID PIECE OF WOOD. USED TO HOLD RITUAL OFFERINGS OF FOOD; GENERALLY PLACED ON ALTAR
label: Notes
content: From card: "Cylindrical with segment removed from top making flat margin. Cut from the solid with partition forming 2 rectangular bowls. "Marasa" - for twins"
label: Notes
content: From card: "...LOANED TO RENWICK 4/9/82, RETURNED 6/1983..." [for exhibit in "Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual" at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1982-83]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 163278
label: USNM Number
content: E382573-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot