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Incense Burner (incensario) with a Monkey Handle

Incense Burner (incensario) with a Monkey Handle

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Incense Burner (incensario) with a Monkey Handle
Artist
CultureMixtec
Titles
  • Incense Burner (incensario) with a Monkey Handle
Date900–1519 AD
Possible placePuebla, Mexico
Possible placeOaxaca, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 7 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (9.8 × 18.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harry C. Hanszen
Object number65.204
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceAlice Nicholson Hanszen (1900–1977), Houston, until 1965; given to MFAH, 1965.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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