Candomble Statue Of Preto Velho
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 FIGURINE REPRESENTS A SPIRIT IN THE CANDOMBLE RELIGION. MALE FIGURINE STANDS ON RECTANGULAR BASE, SIDES PAINTED BLACK AND TOP PAINTED GREEN. FIGURE IS BLACK, DRESSED IN WHITE SUIT, FEET BARED. HEAD COVERED WITH WHITE CONICAL HAT. BEARD AND HAIR IS PAINTED WHITE. LEFT HAND AT SIDE HOLDING CANE. RIGHT HAND IS UP HOLDING PIPE. BACK OF BASE IS ETCHED "L. NORDESTINA BA." BOTTOM OF BASE HAS MANUFACTURER'S LABEL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Nov 2020
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: E428524-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 34 cm