Brass Copa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: 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, ITEMS LIKE THIS WAS WORN IN DANCES FOR OXUM, A POWERFUL WITCH WHO IS THE DEITY OF RIVER AND LOVE. CYLINDRICAL ARM BAND IS MADE FROM BENT BRASS, EDGES ALMOST MEET IN THE MIDDLE. TOP EDGE CURVES UP, DIPS, AND UP TO FORM CROWN-SHAPED STYLIZED DESIGN. FRONT DECORATED WITH ETCHED AND STAMPED FISH, FLORAL, AND CUT-OUT DESIGN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
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: E428711-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armband
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 13 cm