Pottery incense burner with incense. Round bowl with four legs attached to a round base. Linear and geometric patterns are painted on with red pigment. [AF [EFCF project] 13/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery incense burner with incense. Round bowl with four legs attached to a round base. Linear and geometric patterns are painted on with red pigment. [AF [EFCF project] 13/8/2019]
Long description: Pottery incense burner with incense. Round bowl with four legs attached to a round base. Linear and geometric patterns are painted on with red pigment. Unglazed earthenware. On the inner rim of the bowl, in line with the four legs are 4 semicircular lips, each with two round perforated holes. Inside the bowl was an incense mixture of amber-coloured resin, a stone and plant matter. [AF [EFCF project] 13/8/2019]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; Siwa
Cultural groups: Berber
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul; PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1989
Date collected: 1989
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes: Material Clay, Material Pigment, Material Resin Plant, Process Handbuilt, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Painted, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 120 mm, Height: max 110 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.37.64
Associated publications: Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]