Candomble Plaited Raffia Necklace W/ Gourd, Cowries, Seed 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, THESE NECKLACES ARE WORN BY PRIESTS/PRIESTESSES AS PART OF PRIESTLY REGALIA. THE GOURDS HOLD HERBAL SUBSTANCES. NECKLACE IS MADE OF DOUBLE STRAND OF BRAIDED RAFFIA, THE 2 ENDS JOIN AND MAKE A TUFF. A NATURALLY FORMED SMALL GOURD BULGES OUT AT BASE AND SMALLER NECK. GOURD HAS COVER MADE OF RAFFIA AND CLEAR GLASS BEADS. THE GLASS BEADS MADE A LOOP TO STRING THE NECKLACE THROUGH. BASE OF GOURD HAS 3 COWRIE SHELLS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 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: E428559-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 94 cm