Libation bottle, scarf
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Jun 2012
label: Collection Date
content: 1 Jul 2004
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Michael Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
notes: label: Notes
content: Glass bottle covered entirely in blue fabric. Blue fabric covers bottle top. Silver and white binding in band around bottle top. Blue sequins and silver sequined binding bottle neck. Gold and black binding with chevron designs frames image of black Virgin Mother and Child with crowns. Decorated scarf tied around bottle neck, with knots filled with pebbles. Used for libations in ceremonies.
label: Notes
content: Collected at 2004 Folklife Festival, Haiti exhibition.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 May 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2042712
label: USNM Number
content: E432794-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bottle
physicalDescription: label: Height - Bottom To Top Of Bottle
content: 28 cm
label: Circumference - Around The Bottle
content: 26.5 cm