Incense burner/Incensario

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Culture/People: Guna (Kuna)
Collector: Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959; Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946
Donor: Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (F. A. Mitchell-Hedges), Non-Indian, 1882-1959; Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (Lilian Mabel Alice Roussel), Non-Indian, 1885-1946

Collection History: Collected by explorer/adventurers Lady Lilian Mabel Alice Richmond Brown (1885-1946) and Frederick A. Mitchell-Hedges (1882-1959), probably in the early 1920s; donated to MAI by Lady Richmond Brown and Frederick Mitchell-Hedges in 1929.
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Place: Panama

See related items: Guna (Kuna); Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/6288
Barcode: 166288.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6854b0ffa-afc2-4e8d-99f2-8641579b9e04

Record ID: NMAI_177789