GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ritual consumption of maize beer, or aqha (a’qa) was associated with the agricultural calendar. The scene on this cup portrays an ox plowing the field, followed by a male and one female who plants seeds and another that holds up a pair of cups, or quero. Facing the other direction is another figure with a large storage vessel, or aryballos, in front of a building. The scene may recall an agricultural ceremony of late August, with the large flowers along the base symbolizing fecundity. Notably, this vessel was so prized that it was repaired with metal ties or joins.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.1851; 1983.W.1854], 2015.
NOTES
- Inka (Inca), Spanish colonial period, 17th-18th century, updated by mmacleod in TMS on 04/15/15 and KJones on 02/04/16 and 02/08/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 11, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
inlay (process): AAT: 300053850
cane (plant material): AAT: 300011864
metal: AAT: 300010900
Historical periods
Spanish Colonial (Spanish Renaissance-Baroque styles / styles and periods): AAT: 300107033
Colonial Latin American (Spanish Colonial / styles and periods): AAT: 300018082
Colonial Spanish American (Spanish Colonial / styles and periods): AAT: 300343841
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
keros (kero cups): AAT: 300265120
quero (kero cups): AAT: 300265120
qero (kero cups): AAT: 300265120
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
chicha (food / maize beer): AAT: 300411637
beer (food / alcoholic beverage): AAT: 300302722
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
agriculture (sciences): AAT: 300054463
calendars: AAT: 300026741
figures: AAT: 300189808
standing: AAT: 300239500
male: AAT: 300189559
female: AAT: 300189557
animals: DMA
oxen (cattle / Bovidae family): AAT: 300250282
plows (agricultural equipment): AAT: 300233317
fields (land): AAT: 300343519
planting (activities): AAT: 300054711
seeds (plant components): AAT: 300400469
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
aryballoi (containers): AAT: 300198885
aryballos (containers): AAT: 300198885
urpu (urppus / vessels): AAT: 300410722
buildings (structures): AAT: 300004792
houses: AAT: 300005433
ceremonies: AAT: 300054754
August (month): AAT: 300410297
months: AAT: 300379245
summer (season): AAT: 300133099
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
fertility: AAT: 300379149
growth: AAT: 300055136
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
bands (decorative): DMA
registers (compositional): DMA
repairing: AAT: 300053737
rims: AAT: 300203193
ties (fasteners): AAT: 300239307
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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FUN FACTS
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Colonial. **16 Kero, showing a man ploughing with oxen; wears Inca costume; followed by 2 women (Inca costume) and man carrying keros. Another woman has large jar for corn beer outside of a house."
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General Description
The ritual consumption of maize beer, or aqha (a’qa) was associated with the agricultural calendar. The scene on this cup portrays an ox plowing the field, followed by a male and one female who plants seeds and another that holds up a pair of cups, or quero. Facing the other direction is another figure with a large storage vessel, or aryballos, in front of a building. The scene may recall an agricultural ceremony of late August, with the large flowers along the base symbolizing fecundity. Notably, this vessel was so prized that it was repaired with metal ties or joins.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.1851; 1983.W.1854], 2015.
Fun Facts
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Colonial. **16 Kero, showing a man ploughing with oxen; wears Inca costume; followed by 2 women (Inca costume) and man carrying keros. Another woman has large jar for corn beer outside of a house."
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Notes
- Inka (Inca), Spanish colonial period, 17th-18th century, updated by mmacleod in TMS on 04/15/15 and KJones on 02/04/16 and 02/08/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 11, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
carving: AAT: 300053149
incising: AAT: 300053847
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
inlay (process): AAT: 300053850
cane (plant material): AAT: 300011864
metal: AAT: 300010900
Historical periods
Spanish Colonial (Spanish Renaissance-Baroque styles / styles and periods): AAT: 300107033
Colonial Latin American (Spanish Colonial / styles and periods): AAT: 300018082
Colonial Spanish American (Spanish Colonial / styles and periods): AAT: 300343841
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
keros (kero cups): AAT: 300265120
quero (kero cups): AAT: 300265120
qero (kero cups): AAT: 300265120
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
chicha (food / maize beer): AAT: 300411637
beer (food / alcoholic beverage): AAT: 300302722
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
agriculture (sciences): AAT: 300054463
calendars: AAT: 300026741
figures: AAT: 300189808
standing: AAT: 300239500
male: AAT: 300189559
female: AAT: 300189557
animals: DMA
oxen (cattle / Bovidae family): AAT: 300250282
plows (agricultural equipment): AAT: 300233317
fields (land): AAT: 300343519
planting (activities): AAT: 300054711
seeds (plant components): AAT: 300400469
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
aryballoi (containers): AAT: 300198885
aryballos (containers): AAT: 300198885
urpu (urppus / vessels): AAT: 300410722
buildings (structures): AAT: 300004792
houses: AAT: 300005433
ceremonies: AAT: 300054754
August (month): AAT: 300410297
months: AAT: 300379245
summer (season): AAT: 300133099
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
fertility: AAT: 300379149
growth: AAT: 300055136
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
bands (decorative): DMA
registers (compositional): DMA
repairing: AAT: 300053737
rims: AAT: 300203193
ties (fasteners): AAT: 300239307
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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