DepartmentLatin America
Fetish for Oxumare
NameFetish
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1990s
Place madeSalvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America
MediumMetal (iron, tin)
Dimensions10 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 2 5/16 in. (26 × 5.8 × 5.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice
Terms
- Salvador
Object numberA.2013.31.14
DescriptionSmall metal rod riveted to a square base has with two highly simplified stylized serpents twining around the pole from bottom to top. At the top of the rod is a stylized bird.
Late 19th-early 20th century
Artist unrecorded
1960s
Collected 1961-1962