Unknown Central and South American
Incense Burner (incensario) Lid

Incense Burner (incensario) Lid

Public Domain

Incense Burner (incensario) Lid
Artist
CultureTeotihuacan
Titles
  • Incense Burner (incensario) Lid
Date150–650 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumEarthenware with slip and traces of polychrome pigment
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 17 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (50.8 × 43.5 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number97.113.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam P. Palmer, 3rd (1933–1982), Falmouth, ME, from 1960s; Derzavich, mid-1980s–1996; [Merrin Gallery, New York, 1996–1997; purchased by MFAH, 1997.

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