Dark brown wooden cup tapering toward its base, with three bands of incised triangle and stepped geometric patterns near the rim, on a gray background.

Inca Wooden Drinking Vessel (Kero) with Incised Pattern

A tapering cylindrical wooden cup with a dark, smooth brown surface. Three bands of incised triangular and stepped geometric motifs encircle the upper section beneath a plain rim, and a thin vertical crack runs down one side.

Artist: Inca
Date: 1450–1532
Medium: Wood
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1969 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1532).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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