Candomble Divination Basket Decorated With Cloth, Cowries, Beads
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 PRIEST PLACES THE BASKET ON THE LAP TO ACT AS THE PLANE OF DIVINATION AND CASE COWRIE SHELLS UPON IT. ROUND, SHALLOW BASKET IS COVERED INSIDE WITH A BRIGHT BLUE MATERIAL (METALLIC THREAD ?) RIM COVERED WITH DECORATIVE BOWS MADE OF STRIPS OF RAFFIA AND TIED IN THE CENTER, DECORATED WITH COWRIE SHELL, SURROUNDED BY GLASS WHITE AND BLUE-STRIPED BEADS.
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: E428556-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm