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Beer Container (Máhuetan)

c. 1940

Amazonia, Peru, Ucayali River region, Shipibo people

Medium
Ceramic, slip
Measurements
Diameter: 79 cm (31 1/8 in.); height: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Elizabeth M. Skala 1992.129
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

This jar is a beer keg used during festivals in the Shipibo-Conibo area of Amazonian Peru.

Description

Jars like this one are used as beer kegs during multi-day feasts. The shape and colors may reference a tiered cosmos, graduating from the earthen tones of the dark underworld to the bright, light-filled celestial realm. Perhaps extending this idea, the brown, tapered base is buried in the earth to keep the vessel’s contents cool.

Beer Container (Máhuetan)

c. 1940

Amazonia, Peru, Ucayali River region, Shipibo people

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