Incense

Museum number:
9-2000
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090002000
Accession number:
Acc.827
Description:
Long red 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:
Long red punk with red stick. The red stick identifies those punks which are used in the temple. This particular punk is used for birthday observances. It may also be burned in the home on the home altar, to the God of Heaven. The temple is visited on the 1st, and 15th of each moon,.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 9-2000, described as Long red punk with red stick
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 9-2000, described as Long red punk with red stick

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