Incense

Museum number:
9-2002
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090002002
Accession number:
Acc.827
Description:
Brown punk with red stick
Donor:
Richard T. Chun
Collection place:
Guangdong province, Southern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Incense
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1944
Context of use:
Brown punk with red stick. Used in temple worship. Moderate price. Each serves the same purpose, but the worshiper buys the most expensive which he can afford. Beside temple use, a red-stemmed punk is burned in the home to the God of Heaven every night.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 9-2002, described as Brown punk with red stick
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 9-2002, described as Brown punk with red stick

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