Candomble Palm Broom (Xaxara)
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 CARRIED IN DANCES FOR OMOLU, THE DEITY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND HEALING. CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED BROOM IS COVERED WITH BLACK VELVET, ONE END SHOWS TUFT OF RAFFIA TIED AT THE TOP. A RAFFIA NET COVER IS PLACED OUTSIDE THE VELVET BROOM. NET IS DECORATED WITH WHITE AND BLACK GLASS BEADS, BLACK SEQUINS, AND COWRIES SHELLS ON TOP OF BLACK PLASTIC LEAVES.
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: E428624-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Broom
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53 cm
label: Width - Widest End
content: 6 cm