Crown
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
name: label: Collector
content: Phyllis Galembo
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Oxala (sky father and creator of bodies) crown made of silver-like metal sheet, curved but not attached in the back, although there are holes where a tie might be attached. There are cutouts in the crown, and it is decorated with geometric and floral shapes impressed and incised into the surface. The crown relates to Candomble practices iin Brazil and was given by Phyllis Galembo, an American artist/photographer who has worked extensively with African Diaspora religions in the New World, to Michael Mason in 2002.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Brazil (not certain), South America (not certain)
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: 2082129
label: USNM Number
content: E436206-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Crown
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Height - Crown
content: 14 cm
label: Maximum Width - Crown
content: 25.5 cm