Tiwanaku qiru held at the Cleveland Museum of Art A qiru[1][2] (also spelled kero, quero, and locally also qero) is an ancient Andean cup used to drink liquids like alcohol, or more specifically, chicha. [3] They can be made from wood, ceramics, silver, or gold. [3] They were traditionally used in Andean feasts.

2003年10月1日 · The religious elements involved in their design and use had made kero cups frequent targets of early Spanish drives to destroy “pagan” rites. The use of beakers in various …

Their wings are tipped with profile animal heads, a much used convention in Tiwanaku art. The cup was probably found in the coastal desert region where preservation conditions for organic materials such as wood are best due to the lack of moisture in the soil in which it was buried.

Tiwanaku Vessel with Abstract Motifs and a Modeled Head, 700–900 Tiwanaku Bottle with a Masked Figure and Abstract Feline and Textile Motifs, 700–900 Tiwanaku Double-Spout Bridge Vessel in the form of a Double-Headed Serpent, 600–1000 Tiwanaku Drinking Cup (Kero) with an Abstracted Masked Figure, 600–1000 Tiwanaku

Status On View, Gallery 136 Department Arts of the Americas Culture Tiwanaku Title Drinking Cup (Kero) with an Abstracted Masked Figure Place Southern Peru (Object made in) Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible.

The kero is a distinctive Tiwanaku vessel form, imitated by the later Inka, who used the cups in political and religious ceremonies. It is assumed that the same was true at Tiwanaku, where impressive stone figures, perhaps rulers, hold keros as though they are emblems of authority.

蒂亞瓦納科[1][2] （西班牙語： Tiahuanaco，英語： Tiwanaku；又譯為 提瓦納庫 、 蒂華納科）是一個重要的 南美洲 文明遺跡，位於今 玻利維亞 [3]，曾是 蒂亞瓦納科文化 的中心 [4]。

蒂亚瓦纳科[1][2] （西班牙语： Tiahuanaco，英语： Tiwanaku；又译为 提瓦纳库 、 蒂华纳科）是一个重要的 南美洲 文明遗迹，位于今 玻利维亚 [3]，曾是 蒂亚瓦纳科文化 的中心 [4]。

This is one of the rare surviving wood beakers of the Tiwanaku culture, bearing a version of the principal deity figure, shown with traits of both the staff-bearing figure on the Gateway to the Sun, and the Decapitator Deity.

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