Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, Non-Indian, 1913-1987
- Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler), Non-Indian, 1919-2019
- Donor
- Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, Non-Indian, 1913-1987
- Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler), Non-Indian, 1919-2019
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987, a New York City physician, philanthropist, and art collector) and his wife Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (1919-2019); donated to MAI by Dr. Arthur Sackler and Dr. Marietta Sackler in 1966.
- Contact Us
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- Date created
- AD 500–1000 (Middle Horizon period)
- Catalog Number
- 23/7095
- Barcode
- 237095.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Incense burner/Incensario in the form of a puma
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, paint
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, painted
- Dimensions
- 45 x 15 x 29 cm
- Place
- Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku); Ingavi Province; La Paz Department; Bolivia
- See related items
- Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (archaeological culture)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_252432
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63d2b17ff-07ac-4c55-ab9a-067b87cc4a0f
