Incense burner/Incensario

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Date created: 1920-1928

Culture/People: K'iche' Maya (Quiché)
Expedition: Mrs. Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition (1928) (Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
Expedition leader: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
Expedition sponsor: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collected in 1928, possibly in Panajachel, during the Thea Heye Guatemala Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Totonicapán; Totonicapán Municipality; Totonicapán Department, Southwest Region; Guatemala (inferred)

See related items: K'iche' Maya (Quiché); Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/758
Barcode: 160758.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items

Object Name: Incense burner/Incensario
Media/Materials: Pottery, glaze
Techniques: Modeled, glazed, coiled/hand built

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f2965118-85b9-4ea6-94c0-e1f18b7cfc9f

Record ID: NMAI_172566