incensario;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Am1989,12.214.a
- Description
-
Incensario; made of pottery; lightly fired and fire-stained; circular base, tapering in for stem, then flaring out for cup; side of cup decorated with four pottery fruit (cherries?). Used in Day of the Dead Festival.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 8 centimetres
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Height: 9 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1991, London, Museum of Mankind, 'The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead'
- Associated events
- Used at: Day of the Dead
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for both (a-b).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1989,12.214.a