Candomble Bead Strand
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: BEAD STRAND CAN BE WORN AS NECKLACES OR AS DECORATION FOR OMOLU, THE DEITY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND HEALING, IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. MADE OF SMALL BLACK BEADS WITH THIN WHITE STRIPES. ONE POINT HAS 2 LARGER ROUND BEADS, 1 BLACK, 1 WHITE.
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: E428630-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bead
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 46 cm