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Object Number 07-7-20/C4884.0
Display Title Incense burner and cover - made from human skull; Homo sapiens sapiens
Descriptions
Object Description Incense burner and cover - made from human skull; Bone
Inventory Description Bone, human skull incense burner with cover, fragments and tooth fragments
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Maya
  • Terminal Classic (Mesoamerica)
  • Early Postclassic (Mesoamerica)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Intrasite Sacred Cenote
Additional Geographic Terms Yucatan, northern
Materials Bone Rubber Wood
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 14 x 22.5 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
Quantity Cranium, mandible, bone cap, jar of clay? debris
Label on object 07-7-20/C4884
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1904-1907)
Collector Edward Herbert Thompson (1904-1907)

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