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accession number:	1963.476
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Kero (Waisted Cup), 400–1000. Bolivia, Cochabamba(?), Tiwanaku style, 400-1000. Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 22.3 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1963.476

title:				Kero (Waisted Cup)
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creation date:			400–1000
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		1000
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Bolivia, Cochabamba(?), Tiwanaku style, 400-1000
technique:	earthenware with colored slips
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 22.3 x 17 cm (8 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Treasures of Peruvian Gold
	opening date:   1966-02-23T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).

	title:		Sacred India
	opening date:   1985-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Sacred India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).

	title:		Peru: Les Incas
	opening date:   1990-09-21T04:00:00
	<i>Peru: Les Incas</i>. Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium (organizer) (September 21, 1990-January 20, 1991).

	title:		Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca
	opening date:   2004-10-16T00:00:00
	<i>Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca</i>. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (organizer) (October 16, 2004-January 23, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest</em>. The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (January 10-February 1,1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-10T05:00:00Z'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ekholm, Gordon F. <em>Pre-Columbian Art, the Native Art of America before the Conquest: Jan. 10-Feb. 1, 1953</em>. Palm Beach, FL: Society of the Four Arts, 1952.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 85
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	Purin, Sergio. <em>Inca-Perú: 3000 Ans d’Histoire: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, 21.9-30.12, 1990</em>. Gent: Imschoot, 1990.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 150, pl. 184
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	<em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  p.  18
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	Richardson, James B. <em>People of the Andes</em>. 1st ed. Montreal; Washington, DC: St. Remy Press; Smithsonian Books, 1994.
	page number: 	p. 129
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	Munsterberg, Hugo, and Marjorie Munsterberg. <em>World Ceramics: From Prehistoric to Modern Times</em>. New York: Penguin Studio Books, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 72, pl. 67
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	Young-Sánchez, Margaret. <em>Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca</em>. Denver, CO, Lincoln, NE: Denver Art Museum; University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
	page number: 	cat. no. 6.20, p. 169
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