Incense

Museum number:
9-2003
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090002003
Accession number:
Acc.827
Description:
Dark 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:
Dark brown punk with red stick. Used in temple worship. Least expensive. 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 9-2003, described as Dark brown punk with red stick
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 9-2003, described as Dark brown punk with red stick

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