Candomble Cover (Cruzcruceiro) W/ 7 Vent Holes
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: THIS DISH COVER IS PLACED OVER A FLAT DISH, USED FOR MAKING OFFERINGS TO THE DEITY OMOLU. SEE CAT NO. E428634-428636 FOR THE COMPLETE SET: BOWL, COVER, AND DECORATIVE ATTACHMENTS. DEEP BOWL HAS SLIGHT INDENTED CIRCLE IN INTERIOR, ABOUT 3.2 CM FROM THE RIM. 7 VENT HOLES ARE CUT IN THE BOTTOM, ARRANGED IN EQUAL DISTANCE WITH 6 AROUND THE AREA OF THE BOTTOM AND 1 IN THE CENTER. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR BASE COVERED WITH SHINY YELLOW GLAZE. EXTERIOR UNGLAZED, LEAVING SURFACE POROUS AND SLIGHTLY DUSTY. SOME HAIRLINE CRACKS ALONG VENT HOLES ON THE EXTERIOR.
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: E428495-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cover
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm