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| Keywords: Chimú - Beaker - Walters 572307.jpg This Chimu repoussé silver beaker was made in the form of a human face with prominent nose eyes and ears The Chimu culture of the North Coast of Peru ca 1100-1470 was distinguished for the high quality of its metalwork especially in silver and gold Chimu metalworking techniques and artisans were incorporated into Inka Empire at about 1470 when they were conquered by the armies of Tupac Inka Yupanqui Chimu beakers were made by hammering the silver or gold over a wooden form and then soldering the joints They are usually explained by referring to Inka rituals of exchanging and drinking corn beer from such vessels which they called keros or qeros Most surviving examples of Inka keros are wood but we know that the highest status individuals drank from gold and silver vessels like this example AD 1100-1500 Late Intermediate-Late Horizon silver cm 15 1 5 7 accession number 57 2307 79393 The Merrin Gallery New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Private collection 1990 by purchase Walters Art Museum Anonymous gift 2009 place of origin Peru Walters Art Museum license Silver beakers drinking vessels Silverware in the United States Chimu metalwork Pre-Columbian art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
