Container

Museum number:
9-13668
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Incense burner; red and gold printed tin; two candle brackets at sides; for burning incense; filled with sand to hold stick incense. Side brackets hold candles or incense. Placed in front of shrines or any setting, indoor or outdoor. Bought at shop selling wooden shrines, etc.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Incense burners
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-13668, described as Incense burner; red and gold printed tin; two candle brackets at sides; for burning incense; filled with sand to hold stick incense. Side brackets hold candles or incense. Placed in front of shrines or any setting, indoor or outdoor. Bought at shop selling wooden shrines, etc.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-13668, described as Incense burner; red and gold printed tin; two candle brackets at sides; for burning incense; filled with sand to hold stick incense. Side brackets hold candles or incense. Placed in front of shrines or any setting, indoor or outdoor. Bought at shop selling wooden shrines, etc.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-13668, described as Incense burner; red and gold printed tin; two candle brackets at sides; for burning incense; filled with sand to hold stick incense. Side brackets hold candles or incense. Placed in front of shrines or any setting, indoor or outdoor. Bought at shop selling wooden shrines, etc.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-13668, described as Incense burner; red and gold printed tin; two candle brackets at sides; for burning incense; filled with sand to hold stick incense. Side brackets hold candles or incense. Placed in front of shrines or any setting, indoor or outdoor. Bought at shop selling wooden shrines, etc.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-13668, described as Incense burner; red and gold printed tin; two candle brackets at sides; for burning incense; filled with sand to hold stick incense. Side brackets hold candles or incense. Placed in front of shrines or any setting, indoor or outdoor. Bought at shop selling wooden shrines, etc.

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