Incense burner/Incensario in human form
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann, Non-Indian, 1867-1938
- Previous owner
- Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann, Non-Indian, 1867-1938
- Seller
- Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann, Non-Indian, 1867-1938
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Incense burner/Incensario in human form
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, perforated
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Place
- Near San Antonio; Ruin 2 miles from mouth of Río Hondo; San Antonio; Othón P. Blanco Municipality; Quintana Roo State; Mexico
- Date created
- AD 650–1100 (Late to Terminal Classic period)
- Collection History
- Excavated at an unknown date by amateur archaeologist Dr. Thomas W. F. Gann (1867-1938, a physician stationed in Central America); purchased by MAI from Thomas Gann in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
- Catalog Number
- 8/1981
- Barcode
- 081981.000
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
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