Context (Analysis)
Accession Register notes that Mrs Zelia Nuttall provided the assessment that the objects were 'for offering sprouting maize to the rain and water gods in the spring.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
The Marlborough Robert Pryor collection from Mexico was given by his son, Walter Marlborough Pryor, in 1921 following his father’s death in April 1920. See letter dated 21 May 1921 in Correspondence Archive from C.M. Clark, Barclays Bank.
Event Date 1921
Author: Genevieve Holt

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1921.237.1-3: '3 stone objects "for offering sprouting maize to the rain and water gods in the spring".'
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
1921.237.3: Maudslay Gallery Mexican flat case until 1985. Was displayed as Teotihuacan.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1921.237.1 and 1921.237.3: 'Two objects found; .marked 1921.237.1 and 1921.237.3. They are pottery candeleros or incense burners; one miniature (.3) and the other of average size (.1).'
Event Date 10/11/2003
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Small pottery incense burner or candelero in a grey fabric. Convex base; rounded walls with small dimples in walls. Upright rim with body comprised of two conical shaped wells. Traces of pigment on base, red colour, possibly cinnabar. Chipping next to one well.
Event Date 22/1/2025
Author: Genevieve Holt