Candomble White Metal 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 ALTAR PIECE IS FOR OXALA, THE GOD OF CREATION, PEACE, AND TRANQUILITY. MADE OUT OF THIN WHITE METAL SHEET, ALTARPIECE HAS ROUND BASE, CONVEX ON TOP SURFACE, HOLLOW UNDERNEATH. SOLDERED INTO BASE IS THIN, CYLINDRICAL STEM WITH 2 CURVED SIDE BRANCHES, THE CENTER STEM ENDS IN A SIDE-VIEW OF A BIRD IN FLIGHT WITH WINGS, EYES, AND TAIL DETAILS DONE BY STAMPING. THE OTHER BRANCHES END IN A 5-POINT STAR AND A HEART, DECORATIVE DETAILS ALSO DONE BY STAMPING OR PUNCHING. METAL IS VERY SHINY ALTHOUGH INTERIOR OF BASE IS DULL AND SLIGHTLY TARNISHED.
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: E428600-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar Piece
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 25 cm