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Source Description
Keros, used to drink the maize beer chicha, were essential items of Inka statecraft. Made and used in pairs, they reflect the important Andean concept of reciprocity. Native use of keros continued in the colonial period, the date of these two examples, which come from separate pairs. The example with geometric motifs is closest to pre-conquest models. On the second, two armies converge: the Inka, dressed in tunics with waistbands, and their opponents, perhaps jungle people whose body parts are heaped in a centerpiece.
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Document identity
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124746
label
Kero (Waisted Cup)
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object
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1
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124746
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object
title
Kero (Waisted Cup)
description
Keros, used to drink the maize beer chicha, were essential items of Inka statecraft. Made and used in pairs, they reflect the important Andean concept of reciprocity. Native use of keros continued in the colonial period, the date of these two examples, which come from separate pairs. The example with geometric motifs is closest to pre-conquest models. On the second, two armies converge: the Inka, dressed in tunics with waistbands, and their opponents, perhaps jungle people whose body parts are heaped in a centerpiece.
date
after 1550
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60779997
genreSpecific
Wood
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter of mouth: 18.3 x 14.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.); Overall: 18.3 x 14.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
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Peru, Colonial Inka style, 16th century
accession
1946.233
Source extras
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wood, inlaid pigments
tombstone
Kero (Waisted Cup), after 1550. Peru, Colonial Inka style, 16th century. Wood, inlaid pigments; diameter of mouth: 18.3 x 14.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.); overall: 18.3 x 14.4 cm (7 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1946.233
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy. "An Inca Poncho." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>42, no. 3 (March 1955): 48-50.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 50
citation
Maurer, Evan M., Molly Hennen, Musée Fabre, Rouen (France), and Musée des Beaux Arts (Lyon, France).<em> Symboles SacréS: Quatre Mille Ans d’Art Des AméRiques.</em> Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2002.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 205, 207, no. 177
citation
Lavaquerie-Klein, Christiane, and Laurence Paix-Rusterholtz. <em>Huaca: TréSors Des Peuples d’AméRique Du Sud</em>. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 28-29
creditline
Gift of John Wise
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2026-06-10 17:58:54.506000
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124746
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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wood, inlaid pigments
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1
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0
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photo
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