Candomble Iron Altar Piece For Caboclo
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: SOLDERED METAL ALTAR PIECE HAS A SHINY, DARK-BROWN PATINA. CONVEX BASE, HOLLOW UNDERNEATH. DESIGN CONSISTS OF CROSS SHAPE DIVIDING CENTER CIRCLE INTO 4 EQUAL PARTS. THE 3 CROSS ARMS END IN FLAT, LEAF-SHAPED POINTS. EACH SECTION OF CIRCLE IS DIVIDED BY THIN ARM, ENDING IN LEAF-SHAPED POINTS AT BOTH ENDS. A SNAKE TWINES ALONG EACH HORIZONTAL ARM, ONE LONG SNAKE TWINES ITSELF FROM THE BASE TO THE TOP, HEAD EXTENDING FORWARD. IN CANDOMBLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, THIS KIND OF ALTAR PIECE IS USED FOR CABOCLO, AN AMERINDIAN SPIRIT. SEE CAT NO. E428520 FOR DEPICTION OF CABOCLO.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
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: E428574-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar Piece
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 51 cm