Incense

Museum number:
3-25499
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030025499
Accession number:
Acc.2548
Description:
Incense; bundle of loose pieces; 1 lb. Native name: Toraca. Materials, techniques: used as incense in church. Pine.
Donor:
Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Collector:
Julius Stephen Kassovic
Collection date:
Summer 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Incense
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Used as incense in church.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 3-25499, described as Incense; bundle of loose pieces; 1 lb. Native name: Toraca. Materials, techniques: used as incense in church. Pine.

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