Candomble Decorated Broom (Ibiri) For Nana
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: BROOM IS MADE OF A CORE OF THIN REEDS OF THE SAME LENGTH, WRAPPED WITH A WOVEN RAFFIA COVER. THE BOTTOM IS FLAT AND BULGES AND THE LENGTH OF THE BROOM GETS SLENDER TOWARD ONE END AND FOLDED OVER LIKE A CROOK. THE WOVEN RAFFIA COVER HAS DIAMOND-SHAPED OPENWORK. BASE IS DECORATED WITH HALF OF A SMALL CALABASH GOURD. BROOM IS DECPRATED WITH RAFFIA BOWS, COWRIES, CLEAR & BROWN BEADS, AND WHITE SEQUINS.
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: E428529-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Broom
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17 cm