Incense

Museum number:

3-272

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21030000272

Alternate number:

272 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Indian incense for burning on ancient altars

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

San Mateo Ixtahuacan, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

San Mateo Ixtahuacan, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

Maya

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Incense

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Legacy documentation: