Kero Cup Item Number: 36.357 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

Wooden cup or kero decorated with polychrome designs in which pigments are inlaid in the wood. The scene on the upper register depicts a Chuncho dance, which was performed throughout the colonial period and into the 20th century, to commemorate the Inca defeat of the Chunchos. The Chunchos or Anti were a tropical highland group who were regarded by the Inca as savages. The human figures in the upper register are shown in Spanish dress. The middle register consists of tocapu designs and the lower register is decorated with images of flora and fauna.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer