Pair of Keros with Carved Feline Handles
Keros of this type depart from earlier colonial design formats. The feline handles permit the vessel's waist to be exposed during the ceremony of exchange and thus allow the main scene—which in the conventional format is restricted to a narrower upper register—to occupy a larger portion of the kero.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of Keros with Carved Feline Handles
- Date: 17th–18th century
- Geography: Peru
- Culture: Quechua
- Medium: Wood, pigmented resin inlays
- Dimensions: H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
- Classification: Wood-Containers
- Credit Line: Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993
- Object Number: 1994.35.22, .23
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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