Object name: Kero beer cup / Object class: Containers for serving and consuming food - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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.