Drinking vessel (""Aquilla"")

AD 1470-1534 (Late Horizon)

8.9 cm 7.5 cm

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The "aquilla" (when executed in metal) or "kero" (when made of wood) was the principal ritual libation vessel among the peoples of ancient Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile. This distinctive vessel form has ancient origins but became particularly prevalent during the Early In...

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Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; purchased by John G. Bourne, December 18, 1999; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2017.
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