Painted Calabash Bowl "Couis"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jun 1942
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Alfred Metraux
notes: label: Notes
content: HALF-CALABASH PAINTED BLACK WITH WHITE GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AROUND RIM. SUCH BOWLS ARE USED TO HOLD RITUAL OFFERINGS OF FOOD FOR THE PRIMARY DIETIES ("LOA") INVOKED DURING VODOU SERVICES. TO PRIMARY DIETIES AT A PARTICULAR "HONFOUR" OR CENTER OF WORSHIP
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 163278
label: USNM Number
content: E382570-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl