Mixtec
Incense Burner (Incensario) Cover with a Seated Feline

Incense Burner (Incensario) Cover with a Seated Feline

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Incense Burner (Incensario) Cover with a Seated Feline
Artist
CultureMixtec
Titles
  • Incense Burner (Incensario) Cover with a Seated Feline
Date1200-1400
PlacePuebla Or Oaxaca(?), Mexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (14.6 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alice Pratt Brown in memory of Mrs. Herman Brown
Object number63.3
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceAlice Pratt Brown (1902–1984), Houston; given to MFAH, 1963.
Exhibition History"From Playful Pups to Feathered Serpents: Animals in Ancient Mesoamerican Art". MFAH Traveling Library Exhibition, 2000–2001.

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front of object
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