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Kero-form cup with bird motifs

1440–1540

Dallas Museum of Art

Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States

The silver cup represents the formal diversity associated with these Late Horizon vessels. This cup exhibits the remains of plain weave textile still adhering to the outer metal surface, signifying that it was wrapped at the time of deposition. The structure of the weave suggests its provenience from the north coast of modern-day Peru, as do the avian figures depicted in profile around the base.

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  • Title: Kero-form cup with bird motifs
  • Date Created: 1440–1540
  • Physical Dimensions: 4 3/4 × 4 × 4 in. (12.07 × 10.16 × 10.16 cm)
  • Type: Containers
  • External Link: https://www.dma.org/object/artwork/4061075/
  • Medium: Silver and textile remnants
  • period: Late Horizon
  • culture: Chimú-Inca (Inka)
  • Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison
Dallas Museum of Art

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