Candomble Multistrand Dark-Blue And Clear Bead Necklace
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: BEAD NECKLACE IS MADE OF 14 CLUSTERS OF 7 STRANDS OF DARK-BLUE AND CLEAR ROUND GLASS BEADS (W:0.3CM) THREADED THROUGH DARK-BLUE AND CLEAR CYLINDRICAL GLASS BEADS (L:2.2CM). PATTERN OF CLUSTER IS 2 CLEAR, 2 BLUE BEADS. CYLINDRICAL BEADS ALSO ALTERNATE IN COLORS. ALL BEADS ARE STRUNG ON NYLON. IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ITEMS LIKE THIS ARE WORN IN DANCES FOR IEMANJA, THE DEITY OF THE SEA AND MOTHERHOOD.
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: E428619-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm