Kero | Yale University Art Gallery

1450–1536

Not on view

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
at rim: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
at base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas De Mott, B.A. 1942
Accession Number: 1940.601
Geography: Central Andes, Peru
Culture: Central Andes, Inca
Period: Late Horizon
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Ex collection Vidal Olivera, said to be from Cuzco; acquired by Thomas De Mott, 6 November 1940; donated to Yale by De Mott, 1942

Bibliography

Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar, eds., Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Inca, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2004), 204, no. 179, ill

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

beakers (drinking vessels), ceremonial objects, utilitarian objects

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