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Object Type

Containers and Vessels

Material

Wood

Country of Origin

Peru

Credit

Government of Peru

Caption

Import restricted since 1990.

Section VII.A of the Designated List.

VII. ETHNOLOGICAL OBJECTS
A. Objects directly related to the pre-Columbian past, whose pre- Columbian design and function are maintained with some Colonial modifications or additions in technique and/or iconography.

Keros
Material: wood.
Description: The most common form is a beakerlike cup with truncated base. After the Conquest, keros started to be decorated with pictorial scenes. The most frequently used techniques include incision, inlaying pigments in wood, and painting. Ideography includes geometric designs, figures under a rainbow (an Inca symbol), ceremonial rituals, scenes of war, and agricultural scenes. Sometimes are in the form of human or zoomorphic heads.

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