Altar Object
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: Oxosi altar object made of a heavy metal. An upright rod is attached to round raised base, with an arrowhead at the top, and two two pointed rods attached in a v shape near the top. A semi-circle is attached near the point of the v and six metal rods are attached to the flat part of the semicircle on either side of the upright rod. Each of the small metal rods is bent at the top into a circle, from which the rod hangs, and bent at the bottom in a spon or tool shape. The object relates to Candomble practices in 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: 8 Nov 2024
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: E436222-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Religious Item
physicalDescription: label: Height - Altar Object
content: 35.4 cm
label: Maximum Width - Altar Object
content: 14.8 cm
label: Maximum Depth - Altar Object
content: 10.5 cm