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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Qero (Drinking Vessel) with Flying Figure and Abstract Heads
© 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

Qero (Drinking Vessel) with Flying Figure and Abstract Heads

AAT Object Form/FunctionCups (drinking vessels)
Place CreatedPeru, South America
CultureNasca
PeriodEarly Intermediate, Nasca 5
Date1-650 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions7 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. (18.1 x 16.5 cm)
Object number1989.008.105
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
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), 237, figure 536.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased February 1981.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas