Beaker (Kero)

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CultureInca (Inka)

Titles

Beaker (Kero)

Date1532–1780 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumPainted wood

DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 5 1/4 in. diameter (14.3 × 13.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1316

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

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Provenance(Possibly Lot #146 from the Sotheby Park-Bernet Inc. Pre-Columbian Art Auction, Friday, April 13, 1973. Same dimensions. The image in the catalogue might be the other side);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, slide dated "NOV 79"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1316

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