Donor Name:

Dr. Alfred Metraux  Search this

Culture:

Haitian  Search this

Object Type:

Gong

Place:

Haiti, Caribbean

Accession Date:

19 Jun 1942

Notes:

RITUAL GONG FROM A COLLECTION OF VODOU CULT OBJECTS CONFISCATED BY THE CATHOLIC CLERGY IN 1941 DURING A CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE VODOU RELIGIOUS PRACTICE. GONGS OF THIS TYPE WERE TRADITIONALLY USED TO ACCOMPANY THE THREE RADA DRUMS PLAYED DURING VODOU SERVICE

From card: "...LOANED TO RENWICK 4/9/82, RETURNED 6/1983..." [for exhibit in "Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual" at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1982-83]

Record Last Modified:

26 Sep 2023

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

163278

USNM Number:

E382563-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36bf09aef-0009-47bc-8a2e-f633556a567b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8417943