Lacewood Whip
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of Haiti
notes: label: Notes
content: WHIP USED IN THE PETRO SERVICES OF VODOU CEREMONIES. AS A PRELUDE TO THESE RELIGIOUS RITES THE HOUNGAN (PRIEST) CRACKS THE WHIP ("FRETE CACHEC") BEFORE THE PETRO TEMPLE TO "WAKE UP" THE AGGRESSIVE POSSESSION SPIRITS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 017026
label: USNM Number
content: E126845-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whip