""Aquilla"" (Drinking Cup)

1100-1500 (Late Intermediate-Late Horizon)

6.4 cm 15.1 cm 7.3 cm

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An elderly person peers at the viewer from the body of this cup, the sides of his mouth flanked by deep furrows and the eyes ringed with wrinkles. These elaborate vessels were used for drinking the corn beverage chicha, particularly in ritual celebrations marking alliances, ro...

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The Merrin Gallery, New York; purchased by a private collection, 1990; given to Walters Art Museum, 2009.
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