Detail View: The AMICA Library: Incense-burner Cover
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1969.25
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; Central American; Guatemalan
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Guatemala, Escuintla Region
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Title:
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Incense-burner Cover
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 500
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Creation Start Date:
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495
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Creation End Date:
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505
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Materials and Techniques:
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earthenware with slip and pigments
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Classification Term:
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Ceramic
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Classification Term:
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Ceramic
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Style or Period:
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Guatemala, Escuintla Region
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 45.2cm x 43.1cm x 30.6cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1969.25
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Credit Line:
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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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.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1969.25.tif
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