Wooden Kero
Unidentified Inca or Early Spanish Colonial maker
1470-1560
Lacquered wood
Overall: 5 5/16 × 3 15/16 × 4 5/16 in. (13.5 × 10 × 11 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Ralph C. Altman, Los Angeles, California
55.20.13262
Geography
Place Made: Cuzco, Peru, South America
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 23, The Incas, Alan Covey, Spring 2013
ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014
Exhibition History
Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 47.
Provenance
Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967), Los Angeles, California; by exchange (#101) to present collection, 1955.
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