COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0286-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0286
Title:
Teotihuacan incensario : stage type : hourglass form.
Subject:
Ceramic censers--Guatemala
Subject:
Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala
Subject:
Art--Guatemala
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
Each incensario or censer is an individual work of art, no two are alike. They can be similar in form, like this modified stage-type censer. Some archaeologists believe this stage incensario represents the Teotihuacan temple and the individual inside the great Goddess. This female deity wears a butterfly headdress and a butterfly buccal plate (mask) in front of her nose and mouth, and holds two scepters made of branches. She is surrounded by eight yellow and red complex flower images and five yellow-crowned quetzal birds. All of these images indicate a goddess of fertility.
Materials:
Ceramic: buff clay; appliqued, molded and painted with pigments; yellow, red and white.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 300 and 900
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Incense burner
Dimensions:
11 3/4 in high x 11 3/8 in wide x 10 1/2 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Guatemala
Rights:
Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Culture:
Escuintla
Culture:
Teotihuacan
Period:
Classic
