Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Huanca Sancos Caracha
- Title:
- Huanca Sancos Caracha
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Huanca Sancos Communal Herranza ritual series
- Date:
- 1967
- Location:
- Huanca Sancos (Peru)
Caracha (Ayacucho, Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00115
- File Name:
- ISB_00115.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Herranza (Ritual)
Puna
Rites & ceremonies
Ceremonial objects
- Image View Description:
- View of Huanca Sancos Caracha
- Description:
- As people cross the puna, they deposit stones on top of one another and tie small animals, mice, birds, as offerings to the Wamani.
- Bibliography:
- To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 4 (p. 151-163): http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection, Images from the Andes: Collection Highlights: Rituals: http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/collection/Isbell/rituals
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Series:
- Huanca Sancos Communal Herranza ritual series : 19
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including websites), exhibitions or broadcasts, without permission.
