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Qero/Kero (Image withheld, pending review)

Catalog Data

Culture/People:
probably Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (archaeological culture) (attributed)  Search this
Possible owner:
Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this
Donor:
Alexander Stephenson, Non-Indian  Search this
Object Name:
Qero/Kero (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials:
Pottery
Techniques:
Modeled, painted
Dimensions:
19.5 x 15 x 8.5 cm
Object Type:
Food/Beverage Serving
Place:
Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku); Ingavi Province; La Paz Department; Bolivia
Date created:
AD 500–1000 (Middle Horizon period)
Collection History:
Collection history unknown; donated to MAI by Alexander Stephenson (of New York City) in 1959 on behalf of Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s).
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Catalog Number:
22/8896
Barcode:
228896.000
See related items:
Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (archaeological culture)
Food/Beverage Serving
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ef96abe6-f2d9-4a1a-9655-11185701ee5b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_243916