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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Painted Qero (Drinking Cup) with Vilca Motif
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Painted Qero (Drinking Cup) with Vilca Motif

Place CreatedPeru, South America
PeriodColonial
Datemid 17th-18th Century
MediumEscallonia wood, pigment
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions5 x 7 1/4 in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm)
Object number1999.003.148
Exhibition HistoryFive Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1995 - November 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - January 9, 2017
Desire and Consumption: The New World in the Age of Shakespeare, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 9, 2017
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, April 13, 2017 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 273, figure 583.
ProvenanceEx coll. William Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas