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Start Over Collector John Howland Rowe Donor Ida Shelley
Hearst Museum object titled Beer cup, accession number 16-8465, described as Wooden corn beer goblet (Kero) with carved and painted design, flat base. Old split repaired with cord. Diameter 4.75 inches, height 5.5 inches. Probably from the 17th century. Under the colonial system these were made and used only by Indians in rites of the native religion. They were made to order for caciques who officiated at the ceremonies; they were made and used in identical pairs. Chicha, corn beer, was the liquid drunk from them and sprinkled on the ground or on the votive offerings.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 16-8459, described as Small stone mortar
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 16-8458.2, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 16-8455, described as Oval stone mortar
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 16-8456, described as Square stone mortar
Hearst Museum object titled Kero beer cup, accession number 16-8463, described as Wooden kero goblet with flaring pedestal base. Late 17th or 18th Century. Under the colonial system these were made and used only by Indians in ries of the native religion. They were made to order for caciques who officiated at teh ceremonies; they were made and used in identical pairs. Chicha, corn beer, was the liquid drunk from them and sprinkled on the ground or on hte votive offerings. Polychrome wood Kero w/ flaring pedestal base; laqured geometric step design.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spindle, accession number 16-8458, described as Small greenstone mortar
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Stone, polished, accession number 16-8457, described as Pestle or purple stone
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Wooden kero, accession number 16-8462, described as Polychrome wood Kero with flaring pedestal base; base attached by dowel; split inside repaired with wire and black material; upper band filled with men and women parading in festive attire for a procession called the Chunchu dance in which they parody Indians of the tropical lowlands. The men wear plumed headdresses, tunics, mantles, Spanish-style knee breeches and shirts; they are playing panpipes. Behind them are three women in ankle-length dresses and mantles; they carry what appear to be floral decorations. A drummer boy wears a Spanish hat, knee breeches, and shirt besides the traditional tunic and mantle. In the background are parrots and nupchu flowers; these are repeated in the lower band. The pedestal base is a relatively late feature
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Wooden kero, accession number 16-8466, described as Wooden kero with carved and painted design, flat base. Split in two places, one repaired with cord, one with adhesive. Diameter 5 inches, height 5.25 inches. Late 17th or 18th century.

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