Incense Burner
49-15-5
From: Mexico (Central America) | Chiapas | Yaxchilan | Bonampak
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 49-15-5 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Lacandon Maya |
Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Chiapas | Yaxchilan | Bonampak |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Pottery. Typical Lacandon burner; face on bowl rim unusually well done. Said by collector to have been ceremonially "killed" by drilling (5 holes bored). Small patches of white plaster on it. Pot had been left by Lacandons beneath a large flat stone supported on three stones. |
Height | 17.4 cm |
Width | 21.9 cm |
Outside Diameter | 16.8 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from David W. Amram Jr., 1949 |
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