Incense storage jar

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"182. Incense burner  - "Adupa-dupang".A small incense burner in the form similar to the previous ones, but of rare beauty in its workmanship. The eight-sided, balloon-shaped container with a narrow mouth is made of very fine, intense high red clay, is decorated on the outside with the most beautiful, regular figures in high relief."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 44). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller  According to a researcher, this object is not an incense burner, but rather a container for storing incense (PH, 2025).