This small, spherical incense burner is painted red and black, colors favored by the Aztec. It has been lightly incised and polished to a brilliant patina. A lattice panel encompasses two-thirds of the bowl exterior. The bowl is supported by three hollow supports, two of which are 5 cm. each in length. The third support, 14 cm in length and painted with black and red bands, terminates in a rattlesnake head. This support would have been used as the handle. The asymmetrical length of the snakehead appendage creates a slight tilt when the bowl rests on a flat surface.