Candomble Large White Vessel W/ 2 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: LARGE, TALL CERAMIC VESSEL IS UNGLAZED, WITH GREYISH COLOR. SMALL BASE IS FLAT. BOTTOM OF VESSEL CURVES UPWARD TO BULGING SHOULDERS WITH 2 CURVED HANDLES. SHORT NECK AND SMALL OPENING. PAIRS OF THIN LINES ARE INCISED ALL AROUND AT CERTAIN PARTS OF BODY. ALSO HAS SCALLOPED EDGE BELOW RIM EXTERIOR. HAS FITTED LID WITH CONVEX EXTERIOR AND PROMINENT KNOB IN CENTER. ACCORDING TO NATALIE FIRNHABER, ANTHROPOLOGY CONSERVATOR, NMNH, VESSEL MAYBE MADE OF LOW-FIRED OR UNFIRED CERAMICS. SURFACE VERY POROUS AND FRAGILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 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: E428503-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 23 cm