Kero (drinking cup) inlaid with silver studs

Photo: Paul Macapia

Kero (drinking cup) inlaid with silver studs

ca. 1500 - 1600

Wood, silver studs
7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)
Gift of an anonymous donor
2006.123
Photo: Paul Macapia
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Feasting with the Gods: Art and Ceremony in Ancient Mesoamerica and the Central Andes, December 11, 2003 - July 19, 2004
Published ReferencesKolata, Alan L., Ancient Inca: Case Studies in Early Societies, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013, fig. 5.4, p. 161.

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