Incense Burner

Cleveland Museum of Art

Incense Burner

Date
600–1000
Medium
pottery
Culture
Guatemala, Quiché, San Juan Cotzal, Maya
Department
Art of the Americas
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
155918

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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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Bequest of Harley Lee

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