Candomble White Metal Crown
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: IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ITEMS LIKE THIS ARE WORN IN DANCES FOR OXALA, THE DEITY OF CREATION, PEACE, AND TRANQUILITY. CROWN IS MADE FROM SHINY, THIN WHITE METAL SHEETS. CROWN BASE HAS SCALLOPED EDGE AND COVERED WITH STAMPED, PUNCHED DECORATIVE DESIGN OF SCALLOPS, CIRCULAR POINTS, LEAF-SHAPES. TOP OF CROWN IS MADE FROM 6 CURVED PANELS, SCREWED TO WALL OF BASE; EACH PANEL IS DECORATED WITH STYLIZED BUTTERFLY SHAPE AND PUNCHED LEAF DESIGN. THE PANELS CURVE TO MEET IN THE CENTER, COVERED WITH A FLAT CIRCULAR BASE WHERE A STYLIZED BIRD FORM WITH OUTSPREAD WINGS AND TAIL PERCHES. THE BIRD IS SCREWED TO THE BASE. BIRD ALSO HAS A CRESCENT-SHAPED ATTACHMENT DANGLING FROM HOLE IN BEAK.
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: E428599-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Crown
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 24 cm