Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from an unknown source in Peru in 1925 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- MAI agent
- Dr. Marshall H. Saville (Marshall Howard Saville/M.H. Saville/MHS), Non-Indian, 1867-1935
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Date created
- AD 1475-1532 (Late Horizon period)
- Object Name
- Qero/Kero
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint, vermilion/cinnabar
- Techniques
- Carved, incised, inlaid, painted
- Dimensions
- 15 x 12 cm
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
