id:			155917
accession number:	1991.211
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.211
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:44.243000

Incense Burner, 600–1000. Guatemala, Quiché, San Juan Cotzal, Maya, 7th-11th century. Pottery; overall: 16.3 x 25.5 cm (6 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Harley Lee 1991.211

title:				Incense Burner
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creation date:			600–1000
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		1000
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creditline:			Bequest of Harley Lee
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culture:	Guatemala, Quiché, San Juan Cotzal, Maya, 7th-11th century
technique:	pottery
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 16.3 x 25.5 cm (6 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
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According to the Popol Vuh, a sixteenth-century Quiché Maya manuscript, the world has been created and destroyed twice, and we now live in the third creation.  In the second creation, human beings were made from wood and reeds.  They lacked souls and minds, and they did not revere their creator.  Because of these imperfections, most were killed by an uprising of utensils and domestic animals.  Monkeys are the descendents of the survivors.
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