Red Clay Water Vessels "Criche"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jun 1942
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Alfred Metraux
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL OVIOD PITCHERS, TERRA COTTA FINISH WITH ENCIRCLING RIDGES AND DEPRESSIONS. USED TO POUR LIBATIONS IN VODOU RITUAL RELIGIOUS PRACTICE. SPECIMENS ARE POSSIBLY "GOVIS" USED TO HOUSE THE LOA (VODOU SPIRTS).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, 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: 163278
label: USNM Number
content: E382579-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot