Brass Crown
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
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 WAS WORN IN DANCES FOR OXUM, A POWERFUL WITCH WHO IS THE DEITY OF RIVER AND LOVE. BRASS CROWN IS FLEXIBLE W/ SCALLOPED EDGES, THE TOP EDGE COMING TO A POINT AT TOP. FRONT DECORATED WITH ETCHED FISH, FLORAL DESIGN, AND CUT-OUTS. ALONG EDGE IS DECORATIVE BORDER OF STAMPED CIRCLES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
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: E428710-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Crown
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17.5 cm