Candomble Decorated Terra-Cotta Bowl W/ Cover
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 SERVE AS CONTAINERS FOR SACRED OBJECTS AND AS THE CENTER OF PRAYER FOR PATRON DEITY OF THE PRIEST. BOWL IS PART OF SET INCLUDING METAL STAVES (CAT NO. E428635) AND METAL RINGS (CAT NO. E428636). SEE CAT NO. E428495 FOR COVER (CRUZCRUCEIRO) OF THIS KIND OF BOWL. CERAMIC BOWL IS WIDE WITH A THICK RIM, REDDISH IN COLOR. EXTERIOR COVERED WITH RAFFIA NET OF DIAMOND-SHAPED OPENWEAVE. LID IS DOME SHAPED WITH A FLAT TOP, FITS INSIDE RIM OF BOWL. LID IS COVERED WITH RAFFIA NET OF DIAMOND-SHAPED OPENWEAVE. A 2 CM HIGH WOVEN CROWN AROUND THE FLAT TOP. NET IS DECORATED WITH 3 CALABASH GOURDS, ALSO COVERED WITH RAFFIA NETS & DECORATED WITH COWRIES, BLACK & WHITE BEADS AND SEQUINS. ALSO HAS RAFFIA TUFTS AROUND BOTTOM OF LID. THE WOVEN CROWN ALSO DECORATED WITH LIKE MATERIALS. FLAT TOP IS PIERCED WITH 7 HOLES, 1 IN CENTER, THE OTHERS AT EQUAL DISTANCE AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE. THESE HOLES ARE FOR INSERTING THE STAVES AND RINGS AS MENTIONED ABOVE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E428634-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl/Cover
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Bowl
content: 30 cm
label: Height - Bowl
content: 10.5 cm
label: Diameter - Lid
content: 38 cm
label: Height - Lid
content: 12 cm