Figurine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Jan 2006
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. McCleary H. Sanborn
label: Donor Name
content: Linda Keriakou
notes: label: Notes
content: Seated male zemi (or cemi) figure with circular platform on top of head.
label: Notes
content: Object is a stone cohoba stand.
label: Notes
content: Zemi/cemi figures are depictions of spirits, deities or ancestors. During ceremonial events, cohoba, a ritual hallucinogen/entheogen, was inhaled through a bifurcated tube from the receptacle/platform carved into the head of the figural stand.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Dominican Republic, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Classic Taino
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029641
label: USNM Number
content: A557057-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 131.2 mm
label: Width - Object
content: 165 mm
label: Height - Object
content: 274.3 mm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 370.5 mm