DepartmentLatin America
Kero
NameKero
CultureInka; Colonial
Date1500 - 1600
Place madeCuzco, Peru, South America
MediumWood, pigment
Dimensions6 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (16.5 × 14 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the David Thornburg Memorial Collection, A.1977.5.43
Object numberA.1977.5.43
DescriptionBeaker-shaped wooden container, all hand-carved. Inlaid with colored lacquer?, divided into two panels framed by arches, one with a human in kilt and cloak with wand, the other a dance in deerhead? mask holding large pendant flowers.
Circa 1980
Artist Not Recorded
