
Containers and Vessels
Wood
Peru
Government of Peru
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.
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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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