The Festival of The Images in The Andes
"Cups that speack".
Quero's showcase.
Purum Pacha, Inka times. Quero cup, wood. Colonial, Perú. Siglos XVI-XVIII. Colección Particular, PE-PLE 01 (217 x 172 mm).
Purum Pacha, Inka times. Quero cup, wood. Colonial, Perú. Siglos XVI-XVIII. Colección Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, 2322 (190 x 160 mm).
Kay Pacha, Colonial times. Quero cup, wood. Colonial, Perú. Siglos XVI-XVIII. Colección Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, 3348 (225 x 174 mm).
Purum Pacha, Inka times. Quero-cup, wood, Andes Centrales del Perú. Período Colonial, Siglos XVI-XVIII. Colección particular, PE-PLE 02 (185 x 160 mm).
Purum Pacha, Inka times. Quero-cup, wood. Colonial, Perú Siglos XVI-XVIII. Colección Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, 0339.
Inka facing a warrior from the jungle (Anti). Quero-cup, wood. Colonial, Perú Siglos XVI-XVIII. Colección Museo Colchagua, PE-MCOL 08.
Pacha: Time and Space
The quero cups images depict the different pachas— ‘purum pacha’ and ‘kay pacha’—from Inka times and Colonial times, respectively. The textiles make reference to kay pacha, ukhu pacha and hanaq pacha, which refer, respectively, to the present and actual, the infraworld or interior world, and the space and time of the sun and the Christian divinities.