Two-part censer in the form of an architectural model

Numerous mass-produced, mold-made elements compose this assemblage sculpture. The upper portion was made to be lifted off, so that copal (pine-tree resin) or rubber incense could be placed inside; the smoke emanated from the tube that runs through the center of the scene. The platform and angled roof indicate an architectural setting in distinctively Teotihuacan style. Birds and severed human arms hang from a temple structure above a pair of seated human figures. Three additional figures, two wearing dog or coyote masks, accompany the humans while an owl descends from the sky to perch at the very top.