Wooden mug "kero, 16th / 17th century AD · Peru, Inca · ID: 3050220

Name: Wooden mug "kero, 16th / 17th century AD
SKU: 3050220
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Gerhard Asche (1933-2022), Billigheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (vor 1968)

Size

H: 20 cm

D: 18,5 / 19 cm

H: 7.9 inch

D: 18,5 / 7.5 inch

Description

sticky “sweating” patina, old native repair with silver inlay

Tumbler-shaped drinking vessels “kero” were used in Peru to consume chicha (corn beer) for hundreds of years before the Inca came to power. During Inca times, they were made and used in pairs since custom required that two individuals drink together.

To consolidate the relationship between local communities and the Inca state, toasts were exchanged during ceremonial occasions and pairs of keros, often together with fine textiles, were given to provincial leaders as a sign of Inca generosity.

The object Wooden mug “kero, 16th / 17th century AD with the object ID 3050220 was last part of the auction Online Auction at September 27, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 98.

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