Event time:
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 12:30pm
Location:
Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG)
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT
06510
The burning of aromatic offerings was essential to most Mesoamerican ceremonies, from the dedication of a building to the dangerous and uncertain moments surrounding the completion of a calendrical cycle. Far more than static works of art meant to be admired for their beauty, Mesoamerican incense burners took a variety of forms and were vital means through which people communicated with ancestors and gods. Andrew D. Turner, Postdoctoral Associate in the Art of the Ancient Americas, discusses a selection of objects on display in the newly reinstalled Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Gallery of Art of the Ancient Americas.
Space is limited. Please meet in the Gallery lobby.
Open to:
General Public