kero cup
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thumb|Tiwanaku held at the Cleveland Museum of Art A '''' (also spelled kero, quero, and locally also qero) is an ancient Andean cup used to drink liquids like alcohol, or more specifically, chicha. They can be made from wood, ceramics, silver, or gold. Metal or gold cups are also called aquilas''. They were traditionally used in Andean feasts.
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Vinony files it under 1st-millennium establishments in South America, Drinkware and Inca Empire.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|Tiwanaku held at the Cleveland Museum of Art A '''' (also spelled kero, quero, and locally also qero) is an ancient Andean cup used to drink liquids like alcohol, or more specifically, chicha. They can be made from wood, ceramics, silver, or gold. Metal or gold cups are also called aquilas''. They were traditionally used in Andean feasts.
were decorated by first cutting a shallow pattern on the surface of the cup, then filling the pattern with a durable, waterproof mixture of plant resin and pigment such as cinnabar. The finely incised lines would meet at intersection points that collaborated to create shapes such as triangles, squares, and diamonds. The shapes are organized in two to four horizontal registers.
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