Incense bundle

Museum number:
9-18002
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090018002
Accession number:
Acc.4278
Description:
Incense, bundle of ceremonial offering sicks. Herbs wrapped in red paper on bamboo sticks, bound with fiber. Paper, herbs, bamboo, rice past and dye. Fiber tie. 92 sticks, each 29 cm long.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
Yunnan province, Southwest China
Culture or time period:
Bai
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
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Incense bundle, accession number 9-18002, described as Incense, bundle of ceremonial offering sicks. Herbs wrapped in red paper on bamboo sticks, bound with fiber. Paper, herbs, bamboo, rice past and dye. Fiber tie. 92 sticks, each 29 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense bundle, accession number 9-18002, described as Incense, bundle of ceremonial offering sicks. Herbs wrapped in red paper on bamboo sticks, bound with fiber. Paper, herbs, bamboo, rice past and dye. Fiber tie. 92 sticks, each 29 cm long.

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