Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Huanca Sancos, herranza
- Title:
- Huanca Sancos, herranza
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Huanca Sancos Communal Herranza ritual series
- Date:
- 1967
- Location:
- Huanca Sancos (Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00117
- File Name:
- ISB_00117.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Herranza (Ritual)
Varayoq
Civil-religious hierarchies
Prestige hierarchies
Coca
Rites & ceremonies
Politics & government
Civil service
Ceremonial objects
- Image View Description:
- View of Huanca Sancos, herranza
- Description:
- Men standing around ritual table. Their staffs of office, the varas, are held in front. There are candles, coca and trago as offerings to the Wamani. A retablo is in the back.
- 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 : 02
- 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.
