Candomble Leather Hat for Oxóssi
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: REDDISH-BROWN LEATHER HAT WITH ROUND CROWN AND BRIM. SEWN WITH WHITE COTTON THREAD IN EVEN STITCHING. ALONG CENTER OF CROWN IS RIDGE. EXTERIOR IS SOFT AND SMOOTH. INTERIOR IS UNTANNED. HAS WIDE CHIN STRAP. DECORATIVE LEATHER THONGS THREADED THROUGH BRIM EDGE ON 3 SIDES. IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ITEMS LIKE THIS ARE WORN IN DANCES FOR OXOSSI, THE DEITY OF THE HUNT AND THE WOODS.
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: E428580-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm