Candomble White Ceramic Vessel With Lid And Handles
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: VESSELS LIKE THIS ARE USED IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES FOR OMOLU, THE DEITY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND HEALING. CURVED VESSEL HAS FLARED BASE, SLIGHTLY CONCAVE UNDERNEATH. VESSEL BULGES UPWARD INTO SHORT NECK WITH WIDE OPENING. HAS 2 CURVED HANDLES. DOMED LID HAS ROUND KNOB IN CENTER. GLAZED A GLOSSY WHITE; VESSEL INTERIOR UNGLAZED BUT LID INTERIOR IS GLAZED. SOME DIMPLING AROUND KNOB OF LID.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
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: E428629-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm