Incense burner

Museum number:
3-28788
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Bowl, tripod. Clay, unglazed, crudely modeled human figures encircle rim; figures and a design inside bowl are painted with black, blue and white. Ht. 14.0 cm, Dm. 12.0 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca, Ocotlán (Ocotlan)
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
1950s
Materials:
Clay and Paint (coating)
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
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 12 centimeters and height 14 centimeters
Comment:
H-13-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Incense burner, accession number 3-28788, described as Bowl, tripod. Clay, unglazed, crudely modeled human figures encircle rim; figures and a design inside bowl are painted with black, blue and white. Ht. 14.0 cm, Dm. 12.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Incense burner, accession number 3-28788, described as Bowl, tripod. Clay, unglazed, crudely modeled human figures encircle rim; figures and a design inside bowl are painted with black, blue and white. Ht. 14.0 cm, Dm. 12.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Incense burner, accession number 3-28788, described as Bowl, tripod. Clay, unglazed, crudely modeled human figures encircle rim; figures and a design inside bowl are painted with black, blue and white. Ht. 14.0 cm, Dm. 12.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Incense burner, accession number 3-28788, described as Bowl, tripod. Clay, unglazed, crudely modeled human figures encircle rim; figures and a design inside bowl are painted with black, blue and white. Ht. 14.0 cm, Dm. 12.0 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Incense burner, accession number 3-28788, described as Bowl, tripod. Clay, unglazed, crudely modeled human figures encircle rim; figures and a design inside bowl are painted with black, blue and white. Ht. 14.0 cm, Dm. 12.0 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense burner, accession number 3-28788, described as Bowl, tripod. Clay, unglazed, crudely modeled human figures encircle rim; figures and a design inside bowl are painted with black, blue and white. Ht. 14.0 cm, Dm. 12.0 cm.

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