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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"177-178. Incense burners,  bowls - "Adupa-dupang".Two little incense bowls, about the size of a child's head, with a quite peculiar balloon-like form, at the top with a very small opening which is surrounded by a type of rim. Glazed brown on the outside and decorated with simple, engraved figures."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).