Kero
Vase
| Native Name | Quero |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 42-21-108 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Peru Cuzco |
| Culture Area: | Andean |
| Period: | Colonial Period |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Lacquer Pigment |
| Iconography: | Chicha Corn Beer Human Rainbow Feline Flower Plant |
| Height: | 19.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 18.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Percy C. Madeira Jr., 1942 |
| Other Number: | 416 - Field No SF |
Description
Laquered kero with flat base, flared sides and human face carved in relief. Laquered scenes with Inca, Inca Queen, rainbows, plants, flowers, feline head. Laquering = pigment added to maliable resin from a semi-domesticated plant from the Amazon. The resin is stretched thin and cut into desired shapes and then pasted onto the object. A clear laquer is applied over all of the cut work.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| 44 Eyes in a Museum Storeroom ( Dec 2000 - 2001) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Year of Heath - Corn: From Ancient Crop to Soda Pop (10 Apr 2015 - 14 Mar 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 190 Middle row, left | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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