Candomble White Metal Staff W/ Multi Parts
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, ITEMS LIKE THIS ARE CARRIED IN DANCES FOR OXALA, THE DEITY OF CREATION, PEACE, AND TRANQUILITY. MULTI-LAYERED WHITE METAL STAFF IS MADE OF 2 LONG CYLINDRICAL TUBES THAT ARE INSERTED INTO ONE ANOTHER. LOWER PART IS PLAIN WITH THE END BEING INSERTED INTO THE OTHER TUBE RUSTED AND DULL. UPPER PART IS DECORATED WITH 4 CIRCULAR TIERS IN GRADUATED SIZE, WITH THE LARGEST AT THE BOTTOM AND THE SMALLEST NEAR THE TOP. THE LARGEST TIER IS SEPARATED FROM THE 2 TUBES. THIS ITEM HAS SCALLOPED EDGES, DECORATED WITH INCISED CURVILINEAR DESIGN AND CUT HOLES. INSERTED THROUGH THE HOLES ARE METAL LINK CHAINS AND HEART-SHAPED ATTACHMENTS. TOP OF TIER IS CUT WITH FLORAL DESIGN WITH RAISED CIRCULAR PATTERN. HOLE IS CUT AT TOP FOR INSERTING TUBE. THE OTHER 3 TIERS ARE DECORATED IN SIMILAR MANNER WITH DANGLING CHAINS, HEART, AND STAR-SHAPED ATTACHMENTS. APEX OF STAFF SITS A SMALL CROWN WITH A BIRD FINIAL. CROWN IS DECORATED WITH STAMPED AND CUT FLORAL DESIGN. SEE CAT NO E428599 FOR SIMILARLY DESIGNED CROWN. NOTE: DANGLING ATTACHMENTS ARE EASILY REMOVED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: E428601-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Staff
physicalDescription: label: Length - Upper Part
content: 97 cm
label: Diameter - Upper Part
content: 20 cm
label: Diameter - Separate Circular Tier
content: 23 cm
label: Height - Separate Circular Tier
content: 5 cm