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Clay incense burner

Incense burner with cylindrical high foot, serrated rim (attached spikes), underneath an animal's head with a flaring tongue (red), and red eye plates. Crab-shaped arms. Greenish clay, with 2 vertical wide red rims.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Clay incense burner
Dimensions
Height: 19,5 cm
Depth: 23 cm
Width: 22 cm
Material/Technique
Clay (greenish)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 41425

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Guatemala
    Quetzaltenango
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Otto Langmann - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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