Qero Cup in Shape of Human Head
Arts of the Americas
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CULTURE
Quechua
MEDIUM
Wood, pigment inlay
DATES
17th–18th century
PERIOD
Colonial Period
DIMENSIONS
7 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (19.1 x 16.2 x 13.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
39.563
CREDIT LINE
Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
The vessel is constructed from a single piece of wood. On the front, a face is carved; on the back, the hair provides a panel for a figural scene in which an Inca ruler, sitting on a low stool and holding a shield, is presented with a prisoner of war whose face is painted with three horizontal bands of color like the face on the kero cup itself. The scene also includes a figure holding a parasol over another figure and a seated feline. The forehead forms the rim of the cup and the neck forms the foot of the vessel. Inca themes were used on kero cups throughout the Colonial era.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Quechua. Qero Cup in Shape of Human Head, 17th–18th century. Wood, pigment inlay, 7 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (19.1 x 16.2 x 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 39.563. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.563_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 39.563_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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