Candomble Statue Of Iemanja
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: DEPICTS CAUCASIAN WOMAN STANDING ON BASE, TOP PAINTED LIGHT-BLUE AND MULTICOLORED BLOBS. WOMAN HAS BLUE EYES AND LONG BLACK HAIR. WEARS GOLD DIADEM, LONG LIGHT-BLUE DRESS TRIM W/ GOLD. ARMS AT SIDES WITH PALMS OPEN UP HOLDING GOLD COINS, WHICH ALSO STREWN TO GROUND. MANUFACTURER'S LABEL AT BASE BOTTOM, ALSO 6 PAINTED IN GOLD AND 12 ETCHED IN BASE. CN 1996 ETCHED IN BACK OF DRESS. HIS FIGURINE REPRESENTS A GOD IN THE CANDOMBLE RELIGION.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "The sequined crown of Iemanjá, goddess of the ocean, shimmers like light striking the sea."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Nov 2020
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: E428521-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 21.6 cm