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huaco|ˈwɑːkəʊ|
Also guaco.
[See quot. 19311.]
In Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, ancient pottery and other Indian antiquities.
1931Connoisseur Feb. 95 The term huaco is derived from the Indian word, huaca, meaning ‘a holy place’, and refers to the cemeteries and tombs from which, with few exceptions, all the examples of pre-Incaic art are obtained. Ibid. 97 The linear decoration of the stirrup huacos tend [sic] to portray some form of action... In the static huacos the legs are almost invariably crossed. 1933Burlington Mag. Aug. p. xii (Advt.), The pottery includes six rare Huacos from Paracas, with green colouring. 1959G. Woodcock Incas & Other Men iv. iv. 229 The Mochica pots—..called huacos by the modern Peruvians—were made specifically as grave furniture, intended to hold food and chicha for the dead. |