Drinking Vessel (""Kero"")

AD 500-800 (Middle Horizon)

10.2 cm 11.4 cm

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The design on this kero recalls the extreme abstraction that typifies Wari-style textiles from the southern coast. The step-fret/curl is a frequent Wari decorative motif, perhaps alluding to an undulating ground line/architectural feature like that seen at the base of the carv...

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Vincent Price Collection. Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; purchased by John G. Bourne, between 1990 and 1999; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
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Terms

संस्कृति
Tiwanaku
माध्यम
earthenware, slip paint

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