Candomble White Metal Altar Piece
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, THIS ALTAR PIECE IS FOR IEMANJA, THE DEITY OF THE SEA AND MOTHERHOOD. MADE FROM SHINY, THIN WHITE METAL SHEETS, ALTAR PIECE HAS CONVEX CIRCULAR BASE, HOLLOW UNDERNEATH. HAS A HOLE CUT OUT IN BASE. THIN CYLINDRICAL STEM SOLDERED INTO BASE. 2 ADDITIONAL BRANCHES ARE SOLDERED TO THE STEM. CENTRAL STEM ENDS IN A FISH WITH RAISED TAIL, THE OTHER BRANCHES END IN A TEAR-SHAPED DESIGN, AND AN ABSTRACT ONE. BASE OF THE 3 BRANCHES HAS A 5-POINT STAR. ALL DESIGNS HAVE STAMPED, PUNCHED DETAILS. INTERIOR OF BASE IS DULL AND TARNISHED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Oct 2015
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: E428621-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar Piece
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 27 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9.5 cm