Candomble Belly Chain (Ibaxo)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: 1996 to 1997
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 CHARM CHAIN IS WORN AROUND THE WAIST IN DANCES FOR OXUM, A POWERFUL WITCH WHO IS THE DEITY OF RIVER AND LOVE. BRASS CHAIN HAS 9 CHARMS ATTACHED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: A NEEDLE-LIKE ITEM, A HEART, A MIRROR, A MASK, A CROWN, A TEAR-SHAPED ITEM, A LEAF, A FISH, A COMB (?), AND ANOTHER NEEDLE-LIKE ITEM. DETAILS ON CHARMS ARE MADE BY INCISING, STAMPING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2021
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: E428606-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Chain
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm
label: Width - Of Longest Pendiant
content: 8 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.5 cm