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classic Tiwanaku "keru"
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This "keru" is decorated with the step fret wave motif, which probably stood for water and field terraces. The wave is also a predator head. The Tiahuanaco culture is considered the inventor of the downward tapering beakers, called kerus. They could be made of wood or ceramic.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Tiahuanaco/Tiwanaku-Kultur
Object type
Ritual object
Dimensions
Höhe: 18 cm, Durchmesser: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Engobe
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
M 30395

Provenance and sources

when
7th - 11th century AD.

where
Bolivia

when
1975
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Provenance
Apart from "Bolivia", this object has no confirmed provenance.

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED

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