Incense Burner
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
notes: label: Notes
content: Collector's notes: "When it is time for guests to depart the incense burner is passed around. A few hot coals with a bit of sandalwood or frankincense are placed in the burner. Guests perfume themselves by holding the burner under their cloaks for a moment."
label: Notes
content: Incense burner. Hourglass shape, slightly wider at the top than the bottom. Made of wood painted red and covered with sheets of brass. Decorated with a small mirror on each side, a painted magenta or green metal disk on each side at the base, and many brass tacks all over. Appears to be unused.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Saudi Arabia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arab
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370093
label: USNM Number
content: E432029-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Incense Burner
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 20 cm
label: Width
content: 9 cm
label: Length
content: 9 cm