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Double-Faced Censor (Effigy Incense Burner)
300 BCE - 250 CE3rd century BCE - 2nd century CE
14 in. (35.56 cm)
Object Type:
Pre-Columbian
Medium and Support:
Ceramic
Credit Line:
Gift of William O. Gross Jr.
Accession Number:
1987.012
Object Description
Effigy incense burner, double faced Tlaloc male with faces back to back on four legs. Large masks with prominent nose and protruding eyes cover face. At top of one mask are two snakes entwined. Large loop over whole piece is attached to top of head, which is hollow. Fanciful with many eyes. Gross No. 17 MCOL Quote from catalogue regarding similar work in the Los Angeles Museum: "Such pieces, frequest in collections, appear to date to the postclassic period and are stylistically distinct from the rest of the Colima tradition."
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- Ancient Americas in a New Light , 2/26/2022 - 8/20/2022
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