Bell
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
name: label: Collector
content: Phyllis Galembo
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Oxala (sky father and creator of bodies) bell made of silver-like metal with cylindrical handle, and three metal cones attached at one end, and a metal loop attached at the other. Each cone has a ringer made of a metal rod curled at the end. The cone edges are scalloped and the cones are decorated with flower shapes impressed and incised onto them. The bell relates to Candomble practices in Brazil and was given by Phyllis Galembo, an American artist/photographer who has worked extensively with African Diaspora religions in the New World, to Michael Mason in 2002.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Aug 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Brazil (not certain), South America (not certain)
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: 2082129
label: USNM Number
content: E436203-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length - Bell
content: 28.6 cm
label: Maximum Diameter - Bell
content: 13.8 cm