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

Condition : intact

Dimensions : 7-1/2"H

Exceptional Inca Kero depicting everyday life. The upper part: men with bows, hunting wild animals hidden by trees. The middle part: birds, fish and symbolic patterns. Underneath, flower patterns, monkeys and others animals.

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. 195.

 

Bibliography

G. Orefici, "I doni del Sole. Ori, ceramiche e tessuti del Peru precolombiano", Skira, 1999, p. 147, fig. 195.