Candomble Small Serving Bowl W/ 2 Handles
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: BOWLS LIKE THIS ARE USED FOR SERVING FOOD TO DEITIES IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. ROUND BOWL IS REDDISH IN COLOR. SLIGHTLY FLAT BOTTOM. 2 SLIGHT HANDLES JUT OUT AT SIDES WITH DECORATIVE PATTERN ON TOP OF 4 ROUND DEPRESSIONS (SIMILAR TO FINGERTIPS PRESSED INTO SOFT CLAY). NOTE: WOBBLY DUE TO UNEVEN BOTTOM SURFACE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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: E428505-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 12 cm