Candomble Multistrand White And Black 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: BEAD NECKLACE IS MADE OF 14 CLUSTERS OF 7 STRANDS OF ROUND BLACK AND WHITE GLASS BEADS (W:0.3CM) THREADED THROUGH LONG CYLINDRICAL BLACK AND WHITE GLASS BEADS (L:2.2CM). PATTERN OF CLUSTER IS 2 WHITE, THEN 2 BLACK BEADS. THE CYLINDRICAL BEADS ALSO ALTERNATE IN COLOR. ALL BEADS ARE STRUNG ON NYLON. IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ITEMS LIKE THIS IS WORN IN DANCES FOR OMOLU, THE DEITY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND HEALING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
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: E428628-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm