Candomble White Metal Belly Chain (Ibaxo)
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, THIS CHARM CHAIN IS WORN AROUND THE WAIST IN DANCES FOR IEMANJA, THE DEITY OF THE SEA AND MOTHERHOOD. WHITE METAL CHAIN HAS 14 ATTACHED CHARMS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: NEEDLE-LIKE ITEM, FORK, CRESCENT MOON, LEAF, MOON, HEART, FISH, STAR, TEAR-SHAPE, 4-PRONG CURVED ITEM, MASK, SPOON, NEEDLE-LIKE ITEM, KNIFE-LIKE ITEM. ALL CHARMS HAVE DETAILS STAMPED AND INCISED.
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: E428620-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Chain
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm