COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1969.25
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
North American; Central American; Guatemalan
Creator Name-CRT:
Guatemala, Escuintla Region
Title:
Incense-burner Cover
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 500
Creation Start Date:
495
Creation End Date:
505
Materials and Techniques:
earthenware with slip and pigments
Classification Term:
Ceramic
Classification Term:
Ceramic
Style or Period:
Guatemala, Escuintla Region
Dimensions:
Overall: 45.2cm x 43.1cm x 30.6cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1969.25
Credit Line:
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Context:
This elaborate clay construction served as the cover and chimney of a basin used to burn copal incense. Although probably manufactured in what is now Guatemala, the form and fabrication are based on examples from Teotihuacan in central Mexico, hundreds of miles away. Intensive trade between the two regions, or even a Teotihuacan colony in Guatemala seems likely. The masked, dressed, and ornamented moundlike form probably represents a mortuary bundle or a cult image.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1969.25.tif
