Title

Incense Burner

Description

Ceramic manufacturing and militarism are the components of Teotihuacan ideas that are reflected in this object. The individual aspects of this object have a specific meaning and when these aspects are integrated a greater whole is created. For example, the flowers on the top of the object refer to the city and the butterflies in the middle of the object represent the spirit of a deceased warrior.

Semester

Spring 2026

Subject

Indigenous Art

Saint Louis Art Museum

Morton D. May

Teotihuacan

Early Classic Period

Temporal Coverage

350 – 450

Spatial Coverage

Mexico, North America, Central America

Language

The description of the object is in English

Medium

The object is made out of ceramic with pigment

Source

Saint Louis Art Museum

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9471/

Is Part Of

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Morton D. May

Identifier

205:1979

Provenance

1971
Arte Primitivo, New York, NY, USA

1971 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Arte Primitivo

1979
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May and Margie W. May

Explanation of Omeka Map Location

The object originated in Mexico, North America, and Central America