Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid
Incensario lid

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Incensario lid,

400–600 CE

Teotihuacán style
Middle Classic Period
1996-292

Information

Title
Incensario lid
Dates

400–600 CE

Medium
Ceramic with traces of pigment
Dimensions
52.5 × 53.6 × 9.5 cm (20 11/16 × 21 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel Merrin
Object Number
1996-292
Place Made

North America, Guatemala, Esquintla, Maya area

Culture
Teotihuacán
Period
Middle Classic
Type
lids, censers, ceramics, incense burners
Materials
pigment, ceramic
Subject
headdresses, faces

Gift of Samuel Merrin [1] to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1993. [1] Samuel Merrin is the owner of the Merrin Gallery, succeeding his father Edward Merrin.

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