Kero (Waisted Cup)

400–1000 Overall: 22.3 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.476

The kero is a distinctive Tiwanaku vessel form, imitated by the later Inka, who used the cups in political and religious ceremonies. It is assumed that the same was true at Tiwanaku, where impressive stone figures, perhaps rulers, hold keros as though they are emblems of autho...

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