Kero, 17th–18th century, Peru, Quechua, Wood, pigmented resin inlay, H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm), Wood-Containers, The painted faces on keros of this type indicate that they are meant to represent the forest-dwelling Anti. The eastern slopes of the Andes, descending to the tropical forest of the great river basins, were populated by this ethnically separate group, also called Chunchos and considered savages by the inhabitants of the Inkan empire in the high plateaus and the Pacific coast
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Kero, 17th–18th century, Peru, Quechua, Wood, pigmented resin inlay, H, 7 3/4, 19.7 cm, Wood-Containers, painted, faces, keros, type indicate, meant, represent, forest-dwelling Anti, eastern slopes, Andes, descending, tropical forest, great river, basins, populated, ethnically separate, group, Chunchos, considered savages, inhabitants, Inkan empire, high plateaus, Pacific coast
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