Material : wood
Origin : Peru
Culture : Inca
Era : 1550 AD

Condition : good condition, minor cracks

Dimensions : 6"H 5"D

Beautiful and rare Inca Kero representing three women with ceremonial clothes, surrounded with trees. On each trunk, there is a bird. At the middle part, geometric patterns, below flower patterns.
Provenance: ex. Private Italian collection
Publication: This kero has been published in "I doni del Sole. Ori, ceramiche e tessuti del Peru precolombiano", G. Orefici, Skira, 1999, p. 147, fig. 196.

 

Bibliography

G. Orefici, "I doni del Sole. Ori, ceramiche e tessuti del Peru precolombiano", Skira, 1999, p. 147, fig. 196.