Kero (Waisted Cup)
after 1550
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.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.233
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...
Artifact
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id
124746
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object
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citation
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rights
CC0
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CC0
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language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60779997"
]
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source
import
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| accession |
accession
1946.233
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Source image fields (4)
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Terms
Technique
wood, inlaid pigments
Medium
wood, inlaid pigments
Genre
Wood
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
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