Candomble Decorated 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. RAFFIA BROOM HAS A CARDBOARD COVERED CYLINDRICAL CENTER, AROUND WHICH IS WRAPPED SLENDER, THIN SICKS. THIS IS KEPT IN PLACE BY RAFFIA-WOVEN COVER WITH TWO-THIRD OF THE COVER MADE OF A DIAMOND-SHAPE OPENWORK WEAVE, REVEALING THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE. THE OTHER THIRD IS CLOSELY WOVEN, DECORATED COWRIES, BEADS, & SEQUINS IN BLACK, WHITE, & RED. AT THE OTHER END, THE RAFFIA IS BUNCHED AND TIED TOGETHER. ALSO DECORATED WITH BLACK, RED, & WHITE BEADS AND SEQUINS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2021
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: E428625-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Broom
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Width - Mallest Width
content: 9.5 cm