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1943.10.48B

Ceramic incense burner

1943.10.48B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic incense burner
Long description
Incense burner ornament with designs in flat terracotta - adornments of incense-burners. [SM 07/02/2008] The ornament is roughly triangular. It is decorated on one surface with a moulded geometric design. The other side is plain and shows traces of where it was previously attached to something (the incense burner) [SM 07/02/2008]
Geographical reference
Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico
Mexico State Valley of Mexico near Atzapotzalco San Miguel Amantla
Person
Field collector C.C. James
PRM source C.C. James
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Teotihuacan III Archaeological period: Teotihuacan IV
Date collected
By 1943
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1943
Materials and processes
Material Terracotta Pottery, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Width: max 39 mm, Length: max 50 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1943.10.48B Other numbers: 48

Search terms: Religion, Pottery, Incense-burner