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
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- ISB_00175
- File Name:
- ISB_00175.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Sacred location
Herranza (Ritual)
Coca
Puna
Rites & ceremonies
Ceremonial objects
- Image View Description:
- View of Huanca Sancos herranza
- Description:
- Highest point in path in the puna is offertory to Wamani. Travelers deposit stones and chewed coca wads. They also tie rodents to stones as offerings.
- 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 : 18
- 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.
