Object Title
Maya Escuintla Incense Burner
Measurements
12 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (31.1 × 24.1 cm)
Creation Date
AD 250-600
Credit Line
Gift of Henry Willard Lende, Jr.
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Lucía Abramovich Sánchez (lucia.abramovich@samuseum.org)
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/24023/maya-escuintla-incense-burner?ctx=a7e9ea38-0fb3-46e1-bc66-71a4db6d10aa&idx=7
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
age prior to AD 1521
Provenance Information
with Henry Willard Lende, Jr (1937-2016), San Antonio, TX, by 2016; by gift of the estate of Henry Willard Lende, Jr. to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2018
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object was a gift of the estate of Henry Willard Lende, Jr. (1937-2016) of San Antonio TX, who left behind no records concerning the provenance of this object. SAMA accepted the object with incomplete provenance to make it publicly accessible. This complete and intact incense burner expands the collection of Maya objects at SAMA.