Tripod Censer
34-34-1
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 34-34-1 |
Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Mixtec (uncertain) |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State) |
Culture Area | Central American |
Date Made | 1200–1521 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Clay |
Description | Handled incense burner. Unslipped ware. Slightly convex base, rounded sides contracting to a short flaring rim; cut-out ornamentation on body. Two short legs, each terminating in a knob; one long thicker leg on the top of which at the end is a short loop. |
Height | 13.5 cm |
Width | 21.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 11.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Gustave Bellon through Mary Butler, 1934 |
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