Candomble Set Of Metal Staves
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, THESE STAVES ARE INSERTED THROUGH HOLES IN THE COVER (CRUZCRUCEIRO) OF A BOWL WHICH HOLDS SACRED OBJECTS AND SERVES AS THE CENTER OF PRAYER FOR PATRON DEITY OF THE PRIEST. THESE STAVES ARE PART OF A SET OF COVERED BOWL (CAT NO. E428634) AND METAL RINGS (E428636). SEE CAT NO. 428495 FOR COVER WITHOUT BOWL AND ATTACHMENTS. WHITE METAL STAVE HAS LONG, CYLINDRICAL STEM AND A DIAMOND-SHAPED POINT WITH THE TIP SLIGHTLY BENT AND A HALF-TWIST AT THE SECTION WHERE THE STEM MEETS THE POINT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
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: E428635-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stave
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18 cm