Eastern Nahua incense burner

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Ceramic Eastern Nahua incense burner in the form of the Mesoamerican deity Xochipilli, Prince of Flowers. This incense burner was made in Tehuacan Valley, Mexico. Incense burners like this one were used to burn copal (tree resin) during rituals.

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Size: 3740px × 4674px
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Photo credit: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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