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classic Tiwanaku "keru"
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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Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Tiahuanaco/Tiwanaku-Kultur
- Object type
- Ritual object
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 cm
Diameter: 14 cm - Material/Technique
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Sound
Engobe
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- M 30395
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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7th - 11th century AD.
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Bolivia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1975
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- Provenance
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Apart from
"Bolivia", this object has no confirmed
provenance.
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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