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 silver aquilla exhibits profile felines similar to wooden quero and to examples recovered from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a Spanish cargo ship that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622.
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, 1430-1534, updated by KJones in TMS on 01/25/16 and 02/04/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú.
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Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
solder: AAT: 300010993
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
annealing: AAT: 300053886
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
goblets: AAT: 300043236
aquilla (goblet): DMA
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
quero (kero/quro / cups): AAT: 300265120
querocamayoc (quero/kero/qero carvers (craftspeople)): DMA
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
animals: DMA
feline: DMA
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
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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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 silver aquilla exhibits profile felines similar to wooden quero and to examples recovered from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a Spanish cargo ship that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622.
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.
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Notes
- Inka (Inca), Late Horizon, 1430-1534, updated by KJones in TMS on 01/25/16 and 02/04/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
solder: AAT: 300010993
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
annealing: AAT: 300053886
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
goblets: AAT: 300043236
aquilla (goblet): DMA
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
quero (kero/quro / cups): AAT: 300265120
querocamayoc (quero/kero/qero carvers (craftspeople)): DMA
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
animals: DMA
feline: DMA
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
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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