Censer (uncertain)
Cast
34-29-1
From: Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State) | Tlacolula | Near Mitla
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34-29-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Zapotec (uncertain) | Mixtec (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State) | Tlacolula | Near Mitla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Creator | The University Museum |
| Locus | Tomb at San Lorenzo de Albarradas |
| Date Made | 1934 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Plaster |
| Description | Cast of a pottery censer (?). Of basket type, consisting of a ring of twelve cylindrical compartments connected by a twisted basket-type handle over open center. On periphery in front of compartments are twelve vertical molded figures with human bodies and animal heads with long snouts or beaks. Red pottery covered with lime (?) layer or encrustation. On base, twelve incised glyphs, probably calendrical, probably Mixtec. Three others of this type known to exist, but none with glyphs. The original was catalogued as L-48-1. Cast made in the Museum. |
| Height | 10.79 cm |
| Width | 27.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Commissioned by University Museum, 1934 |
| Other Number | L-48-1 - Associated Object Number |
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