Candomble Flywhisk for Oxóssi
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 CARRIED IN DANCES FOR OXOSSI, THE DEITY OF THE HUNT AND THE WOODS. FLYWHISK IS MADE OF BLOND ANIMAL HAIR GATHERED AT ONE END, COVERED WITH CYLINDRICAL WHITE METAL HANDLE, WHICH IS A SHEET BENT AND WRAPPED AROUND, THEN SOLDERED. END OF HANDLE HAS DOME-SHAPED COVER WITH A LOOP. EXTERIOR OF HANDLE HAS SOME PUNCHED CURVILINEAR DESIGN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2021
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: E428582-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fly Whisk
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm