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Incense Burner
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Incense Burner

Artist/Maker (Central Highlands, Mexico)
Dateca. 350-550
Mediumpottery, pigment and iron pyrite
DimensionsOverall: 20 x 15 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (50.8 x 40 x 23.5 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stoetzer
Terms
    Object number91.0367
    DescriptionThis modest incense burner has fewer decorative elements than more elaborate examples, but the same “theatre-shape and basic attributes, such as the naturalistic depiction of a human figure wearing a butterfly nose mask. The ornate lid is matched with a lower receptacle for burning resin incense, which is decorated with the spikes of a young ceiba (Ceiba pentandra) tree, a common practice throughout Mesoamerica. Three mirrors adorn the top band with a prominent floral symbol below the face. The butterfly mask motif has been replicated at the base.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Urn
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner Lid
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 400-700
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 400-650
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 1200-1500
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner Lid
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    mid 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 250-450
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Huehueteotl, the Fire God
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mirror
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mask
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 250-550
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