Candomble Statue Of Oxum
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: PAINTED CERAMIC FIGURINE DEPICTS OXUM, STANDING ON BLACK BASE, TOP PAINTED GREEN, AGAINST BROWN TRUNK. IS CAUCASIAN, BLOND HAIR WITH BANGS COVERING EYES. WEARS HIGH RED HAT W/ GOLD DECORATION. SLEEVESLESS RED DRESS HAS WIDE STRAPS. WHITE APRON, UNDERSKIRT, AND LEGGINGS (?). BARE FEET. WEARS BROWN ARM BANGLES, GOLD BRACELETS ON BOTH ARMS. LEFT HAND CARRIES GOLD LONG ITEM, RIGHT HAND CARRIES GOLD MIRROR. THIS FIGURINE REPRESENTS A GOD IN THE CANDOMBLE RELIGION.
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: E428527-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 24 cm