Candomble Metal Sword
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 OXOSSI, THE DEITY OF THE HUNT AND THE WOODS. METAL SWORD IS MADE FROM BENT WHITE METAL. HAS PLAIN HANDLE WITH A CURVED SWORD GUARD, DECORATED WITH STAMPED CHEVRON DESIGN. BLADE IS DECORATED WITH SCALLOPED, KNOBS, AND FLORAL STAMPED DESIGNS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Oct 2015
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: E428581-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm