1983.W.1854 Cup (quero) with agricultural ceremony (Peru, Inka)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ritual consumption of maize beer, or aqha (a’qa) was associated with the agricultural calendar. The complex scene on this vessel portrays an agricultural ceremony, illustrating figures bent over planting while a seated female holds a goblet, or quero, near a storage vessel, or aryballos. The central band includes a set of colonial tocapo (tokapu), grid block designs meant to recall the exclusive Inca textile motifs. Notably, this vessel was so prized that it was repaired with a metal rim.

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
  • Post-Conquest Inca, mid 17th–late 18th century, updated by KJones in TMS on 03/25/16, 03/30/16, and 03/31/16.
  • Updated geography, period, date, and medium in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú, Spanish colonial period, 17th-18th century, wood, metal, cane and pigmented resin inlay.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 11, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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
male: AAT: 300189559
female: AAT: 300189557
bending: AAT: 300053101
crouching: DMA
fields (land): AAT: 300343519
planting (activities): AAT: 300054711
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
mountains: AAT: 300008795
lakes (bodies of water): AAT: 300008680
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
llama (species): AAT: 300256340
plows (agricultural equipment): AAT: 300233317
fields (land): AAT: 300343519
processions: AAT: 300069290
ceremonies: AAT:  300054754
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
aryballoi (containers): AAT: 300198885
aryballos (containers): AAT: 300198885
urpu (urppus / vessels): AAT: 300410722
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
checker pattern: AAT: 300010111
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
tocapu (tucapu / information artifacts): AAT: 300264871
tunics (main garments): AAT: 300209869
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
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]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [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 complex scene on this vessel portrays an agricultural ceremony, illustrating figures bent over planting while a seated female holds a goblet, or quero, near a storage vessel, or aryballos. The central band includes a set of colonial tocapo (tokapu), grid block designs meant to recall the exclusive Inca textile motifs. Notably, this vessel was so prized that it was repaired with a metal rim.

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
  • Post-Conquest Inca, mid 17th–late 18th century, updated by KJones in TMS on 03/25/16, 03/30/16, and 03/31/16.
  • Updated geography, period, date, and medium in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú, Spanish colonial period, 17th-18th century, wood, metal, cane and pigmented resin inlay.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 11, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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
male: AAT: 300189559
female: AAT: 300189557
bending: AAT: 300053101
crouching: DMA
fields (land): AAT: 300343519
planting (activities): AAT: 300054711
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
mountains: AAT: 300008795
lakes (bodies of water): AAT: 300008680
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
llama (species): AAT: 300256340
plows (agricultural equipment): AAT: 300233317
fields (land): AAT: 300343519
processions: AAT: 300069290
ceremonies: AAT:  300054754
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
aryballoi (containers): AAT: 300198885
aryballos (containers): AAT: 300198885
urpu (urppus / vessels): AAT: 300410722
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
checker pattern: AAT: 300010111
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
tocapu (tucapu / information artifacts): AAT: 300264871
tunics (main garments): AAT: 300209869
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
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]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [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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female: AAT: 300189557
incising: AAT: 300053847
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
agriculture (sciences): AAT: 300054463
%Archived
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
inlay (process): AAT: 300053850
carving (processes): AAT: 300053149
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: 300043202
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
male: AAT: 300189559
ceremonies: AAT: 300054754
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
checker pattern (checkerboard): AAT: 300010111
fields (land): AAT: 300343519
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
mountains: AAT: 300008795
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
bands (decorative): DMA
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
beer (food / alcoholic beverage): AAT: 300302722
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
*Latin American Art
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
metal: AAT: 300010900
Colonial Latin American (Spanish Colonial / styles and periods): AAT: 300018082
plows (agricultural equipment): AAT: 300233317
calendars: AAT: 300026741
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Inca (Inka): AAT: 300017326
ties (fasteners): AAT: 300239307
repairing: AAT: 300053737
Colonial Spanish American (Spanish Colonial / styles and periods): AAT: 300343841
Spanish Colonial (Spanish Renaissance-Baroque styles / styles and periods): AAT: 300107033
lakes (bodies of water): AAT: 300008680
tunics (main garments): AAT: 300209869
llama (animals/lama glama species): AAT: 300256340
registers (compositional): DMA
quero (kero/qero/cups): AAT: 300265120
tocapu (tucapu / information artifacts): AAT: 300264871
crouching (squatting): DMA
bending: AAT: 300053101
processions: AAT: 300069290
chicha (food / maize beer): AAT: 300411637
urpu (urppus / vessels): AAT: 300410722
aryballoi (containers): AAT: 300198885
aryballos (containers): AAT: 300198885
cane (plant material): AAT: 300011864
planting (activities): AAT: 300054711
rims: AAT: 300203193
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