Incense burner/Incensario (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1929 from an unknown source in Paris, France, using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Guatemala
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/4769
- Barcode
- 164769.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Incense burner/Incensario (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Jadeite
- Techniques
- Carved, ground, polished
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_176592