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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