Incense burner/Incensario (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 900–1470
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chimú (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Edward Gaffron (Carl Eduard Gaffron/Dr. Goffron), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
label: Seller
content: Dr. Edward Gaffron (Carl Eduard Gaffron/Dr. Goffron), Non-Indian, 1861-1931
label: Seller agent
content: Leon Flagel (Leon Marie Jules Flagel), Non-Indian, b. 1880
label: Seller agent
content: Andre Portier, Non-Indian, 1886-1963
label: Auction venue
content: Hotel Drouot
label: MAI agent
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Edward/Eduard Gaffron (1861-1931, a German physician and ophthalmologist who worked in Peru from the 1880s until about 1912 and amassed a huge collection of Peruvian antiquities); purchased by George Heye in 1928 at an auction of Dr. Gaffron's collection held by Andre Portier (1886-1963) and Leon Flagel (b. 1880) at the Hôtel Drouot, in Paris, France.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Chimú (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/5275
label: Barcode
content: 165275.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Incense burner/Incensario (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Shell/shells, wood, asphaltum/bitumen
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid