Wrought Iron Gong

Object Details

Donor Name

Dr. Alfred Metraux

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

Culture

Haitian

Accession Date

19 Jun 1942

Accession Number

163278

USNM Number

E382563-0

Object Type

Gong

Place

Haiti, Caribbean

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8417943

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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