Stock photography picture of PERU Cusco Detail of a sacred painted wood vase called Kero Inca colonial culture Andes

AD80TF - Licenced Caption PERU Cusco Detail of a sacred painted wood vase called Kero Inca colonial culture Andes Description Detail of a sacred wood vase called Kero which is painted Inca culture Andes PERU Cusco University museum Painted kero or quero which is a ceremonial vase made of wood then painted used by the Incas to offer a maize beer called chicha to their god the Sun Inti These keros were still used by the Incas right after the Conquest and sometimes decorated like this one by personages dressed like Spaniards Here the man is wearing a Spanish mask and a sort of pyjamas showing the Spanish influence This is why this culture is called Inca Transition Keywords vertical, PERU, Latin, America, precolombian, prehispanic, kero, inca, colonial, syncretism, indian, feather, conquest, history, vase, sacred, costume, culture