Candomble White Metal Shield-Shaped Pendant W/ Chain
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: IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ITEMS LIKE THIS ARE WORN IN DANCES FOR OXALA, THE DEITY OF CREATION, PEACE, AND TRANQUILITY. SHIELD-SHAPED PENDANT HAS 3 STRAIGHT AND 1 CURVED EDGES. CUT FROM 1 PIECE OF WHITE METAL, 1 END IS FOLDED OVER TO FORM V-SHAPED FLAP. 2 HOLES ARE PUNCHED INTO CORNERS OF THIS END FOR METAL CHAIN LINK. FLAP IS DECORATED W/ RAISED PUNCHED FLOWER DESIGN. REST OF PENDANT IS DECORATED WITH CUT AND STAMPED STYLIZED FLYING BIRD DESIGN, SURROUNDED BY STAMPED FLORAL BORDER.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Oct 2015
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: E428598-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - (W/chain)
content: 86 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.05 cm