Incense burner

Museum number:
3-28670
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3581
Description:
Incense burner; red clay, upper half dipped in reddish-brown paint or slip opening at side, round perforations on top surface; scalloped edge; rim diam. 9.4 cm.
Donor:
Steven T. Colby
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, probably Oaxaca
Collector:
Steven T. Colby
Collection date:
November 1980
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
Context of use:
Incense burner
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 9.4 centimeters
Comment:
H-14-4
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense burner, accession number 3-28670, described as Incense burner; red clay, upper half dipped in reddish-brown paint or slip opening at side, round perforations on top surface; scalloped edge; rim diam. 9.4 cm.

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