Candomble Iron 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 SPECIFIC ALTAR PIECE DESIGN SIGNIFIES ITS USE FOR OSSAYIN, A DEITY OF HEALING. DARK BROWN, DULL METAL ALTARPIECE HAS CENTRAL STEM WHICH CURVES INTO A CIRCULAR BASE. CENTRAL STEM ENDS IN A STYLIZED, BIRD-LIKE DESIGN. JUTTING OUTWARD FROM AROUND THE STEM ARE 6 BRANCHES, NAILED AND SOLDERED TO THE STEM. THE BRANCHES END IN LEAF-SHAPED POINTS WITH CURVED TIPS.
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: E428633-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar Piece
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm