Incensario Lid

Artist:Teotihuacan

Medium: Ceramic, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• Tiquisate Region, Department of Escuintla, Guatemala

Dates:400–700 C.E.

Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 19 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (46 x 49.5 x 23.5cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Exhibitions:

• Curator's Choice: Ancient Sculptures in Clay
• American Art

Accession Number: 75.148

Image: 75.148_bw.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Elaborate incensario or incense burner lid in the form of a male bust wearing a spectacular headdress with three discs, two feathered quetzal eyes and three bundles of spear ends. The figure wears large circular ear spools and a removable trapezoidal talud-tablero style nose ornament. He carries a blade-like object in the left hand and a bundle of spear ends in the right, suggesting a warrior figure. White, buff, yellow, ochre and red paint are still visible throughout the piece.

Brooklyn Museum