Ceremonial Vessel (Paqcha) Item Number: 30.884 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Blackware vessel in form of llama head with an opening at the top and a cylindrical body that tapers to a small spout. Condition: good.
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund
Label
This ceramic paqcha, or ritual vessel, was used to make offerings of chicha (a fermented maize beer) to Pachamama, or Mother Earth. The liquid was poured into the llama’s head and then flowed down an interior chamber to the ground below.
Esta cerámica paqcha, o vasija ritual, se usaba para hacer ofrendas de chicha (cerveza de maíz fermentado) a la Pachamama, o Madre Tierra. El líquido se derramaba sobre la cabeza de la llama y se filtraba a una cámara interior y después a la tierra.
Item History
- Made between 1470 and 1532
What
Who
- Culture
- Inca
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1470 and 1532
Other
- Location
- Arts of the Americas Galleries, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Vessel