Incense

Museum number:
9-13672
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013672
Alternate number:
103 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Incense; approx. 60 sticks wrapped in cellophane with multi color label; 37.2 cm long. Package plus 3 loose incense sticks.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Verbatim coll. place:
China, Hong Kong (origin: Macao)
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection date:
March-May 1977
Materials:
Paper (fiber product) and Wood (plant material)
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
Context of use:
Devotional. Manufactured in Macao.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 37.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Incense, accession number 9-13672, described as Incense; approx. 60 sticks wrapped in cellophane with multi color label; 37.2 cm long. Package plus 3 loose incense sticks.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Incense, accession number 9-13672, described as Incense; approx. 60 sticks wrapped in cellophane with multi color label; 37.2 cm long. Package plus 3 loose incense sticks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense, accession number 9-13672, described as Incense; approx. 60 sticks wrapped in cellophane with multi color label; 37.2 cm long. Package plus 3 loose incense sticks.

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