GENERAL DESCRIPTION
By the Spanish conquest, the tall wooden cup was called a quero (qero, kero), meaning “wood,” in Quechua. The specialized wood carvers were known as querocamayoc. Similar beakers of lesser value were made in ceramic, while the most valuable goblets, called aquilla, were made in silver and gold. This ceramic cup features simple geometric designs and thus likely dates to the Late Horizon (1400-1532 CE). It contrasts with more elaborate, carved wooden vessels, which reflect the development of inlaid resin paints during the Spanish Colonial period.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.1846; 1983.637; 1983.638; 1976.W.1129; 1976.W.1850; 1976.W.1849], 2015.
NOTES
- Inka (Inca), Late Horizon, 1400-1534, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 01/03/14, 01/25/16, and 02/03/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 14, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
quero (kero/quro / cups): AAT: 300265120
querocamayoc (quero/kero/qero carvers (craftspeople)): DMA
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
orange (color): AAT: 300126734
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
grey (color): AAT: 300130811
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
registers (compositional): DMA
Quechua: AAT: 300017928
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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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- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Inca. No number. Kero-form cup, possibly colonial (compare with wooden kero No. 93)."
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General Description
By the Spanish conquest, the tall wooden cup was called a quero (qero, kero), meaning “wood,” in Quechua. The specialized wood carvers were known as querocamayoc. Similar beakers of lesser value were made in ceramic, while the most valuable goblets, called aquilla, were made in silver and gold. This ceramic cup features simple geometric designs and thus likely dates to the Late Horizon (1400-1532 CE). It contrasts with more elaborate, carved wooden vessels, which reflect the development of inlaid resin paints during the Spanish Colonial period.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.1846; 1983.637; 1983.638; 1976.W.1129; 1976.W.1850; 1976.W.1849], 2015.
Fun Facts
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Inca. No number. Kero-form cup, possibly colonial (compare with wooden kero No. 93)."
Archival Resources
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Notes
- Inka (Inca), Late Horizon, 1400-1534, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 01/03/14, 01/25/16, and 02/03/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 14, 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
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
quero (kero/quro / cups): AAT: 300265120
querocamayoc (quero/kero/qero carvers (craftspeople)): DMA
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
orange (color): AAT: 300126734
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
grey (color): AAT: 300130811
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
registers (compositional): DMA
Quechua: AAT: 300017928
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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