Drinking vessel (""Aquilla"") with human face

n.d.

13.3 cm 43.2 cm 13.9 cm

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Drinking vessels such as this one, known as "keros" when made of wood, and "aquillas" when made of gold or silver, were used for ritual exchange and consumption of the mildly alcoholic corn beverage known as "chicha."

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Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; purchased by John G. Bourne, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
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