Flag "Drapeau"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Nov 1990
label: Collection Date
content: March 5-8, 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Thomas Vennum
label: Donor Name
content: Office Of Folklife Programs
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR FLAG OF BLACK SYNTHETIC CLOTH DECORATED WITH SACRED EMBLEM AND WRITTEN NAME OF VODOU DEITY "BARON LA CROIX", A BAWDY GOD OF DEATH, IN SILVER, GOLD, PURPLE, GREEN, PINK, RED AND ORANGE SEQUINS. MADE BY MICHEL RIDORE, A VODOU PRIEST OR "HOUNGAN" AND HIS ASSISTANTS, MARCH 5-8, 1980. THE PRIEST HAS ALSO ADDED HIS NAME "MICHEL RIDORE" IN SEQUINS TO THE FLAG. FLAGS REPRESENT THE SOCIETY OF A VODOU SANCTUARY OR CENTER OF WORSHIP. DURING VODOU SERVICES, APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY USE FLAGS TO SALUTE THE APPEARANCE OF GREAT DEITIES OF IMPORTANT HUMAN VISITORS. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. RESEARCH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PRISCILLA LINN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jacmel, Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haitian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378684
label: USNM Number
content: E425571-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 91 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 130 cm