Candomble White Metal Shield-Shaped Pendant With 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 OXOSSI, THE DEITY OF THE HUNT AND THE WOODS. WHITE METAL SHIELD-SHAPED PENDANT HAS 1 STRAIGHT AND 3 CURVED EDGES. STRAIGHT END IS MADE FROM BENT METAL FOLDED OVER TO FORM V-SHAPED FLAP. 2 HOLES AT THESE CORNERS HAVE METAL LINK CHAIN. FLAP AND REST OF PENDANT DECORATED WITH STAMPED AND PUNCHED KNOBS, LINES. CENTRAL DESIGN IS A BOW-AND-ARROW MOTIF WITH ARROW POINTING LEFT (SEE CAT NO E428583 FOR ACTUAL BOW-AND-ARROW FORM).
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: E428586-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant
physicalDescription: label: Length - (W/chain)
content: 84 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1 cm