Pair Of Wrought Iron Crosses "Assein"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jun 1942
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Alfred Metraux
notes: label: Notes
content: SPECIMEN OF FLAT IRON, SPIKED AT ONE END. TRIVET PRONGS FASTENED TO DISCOIDAL PLAT AT TOP. CROSS MEMBER AT CENTER WITH ARMS TER- MINATING IN THREE FLATTENED SAW-PRONGS. IN VODOO PRACTICE THESE CROSSES ARE SEEN AS MANIFESTATIONS OF DAMBALLAH, THE SERPENT DIETY, AND ARE DRIVEN INTO THE EARTH BEFORE THE VODOO ALTAR. THEY HOLD RITUAL OFFERINGS OF FOOD FOR THE DIETIES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 163278
label: USNM Number
content: E382561-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spit