Candomble Raffia Plait (Contra-Egum)
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, THE CONTRA-EGUM IS WORN WRAPPED AROUND THE BICEPS DURING INITIATION RITES TO GUARD AGAINST SPIRITS OF THE DEAD.
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: E428542-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armband
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 61 cm