Candomble 3-Pointed Altar Piece For Exu
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: SOLDERED ALTAR PIECE HAS GLOSSY, DARK-BROWN PATINA. HAS CONVEX BASE, HOLLOW UNDERNEATH. HAS ONE ARM IN CENTER, FROM WHICH COMES A BRANCH ON EITHER SIDE, SLIGHTLY LOWER. EACH ARM ENDS IN FLAT, LEAF-SHAPED POINTS. IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, THIS KIND OF ALTAR PIECE IS USED FOR EXU, THE DIVINITY OF DESTINY AND CROSSROADS.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "The barbed points of this altar sculpture for Exú, god of the crossroads, pronounce his ability to penetrate boundaries."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
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: E428575-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar Piece
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 33 cm