Cup (Kero)

ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-drinking vessels-cups

Culture Inca

Date1521-1821

Made AtPeru, South America

MediumWood and paint

Dimensions5 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (14.6 × 12.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul De Bach

Object number87.20.2

DescriptionThis Peruvian vessel is called a kero, which would also have been used as a drinking cup by the Incan elite. As was often the case with many Incan object types, the production of these vessels was highly regulated both in terms of shape and—specific to the kero—in terms of the number of vessels made. Incan corn beer or chicha was always consumed with company, so cups were made in matching pairs. Based on the painting, this vessel dates to the early colonial period.

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