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 OXOSSI, THE DEITY OF THE HUNT AND THE WOODS. MADE FROM SHINY WHITE METAL, HAS ROUND, SLIGHTLY CONVEX BASE COVERED WITH STAMPED DESIGN. CYLINDRICAL STEM IS SOLDERED TO CENTER OF BASE AND ENDS IN FLAT, DIAMOND-SHAPE SHARP POINT. BISECTING STEM IS SEMI-CIRCULAR FRAME WITH CURVED SIDE RIGHT BELOW THE POINT. HANGING FROM THE STRAIGHT SIDE OF THE FRAME ARE 14 ATTACHMENTS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES WITH LONG STRAIGH STEMS AND FORK, SNAKE, DIAMOND-SHAPED POINTS. INTERIOR OF BASE IS CONCAVE, DULL, 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: E428584-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar Piece
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 21 cm