Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Installation of Varayoq
- Title:
- Installation of Varayoq
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Santa Cruz ritual series
- Date:
- 1967
- Location:
- Chuschi (Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00227
- File Name:
- ISB_00227.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Santa Cruz (Ritual)
Varayoq
Civil-religious hierarchies
Prestige hierarchies
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
Politics & government
Civil service
- Image View Description:
- View of Installation of Varayoq
- Description:
- Installation of Varayoq in front of the church. Priest and varas are attempting to force the newly named varas to accept their staffs of office shown on the table. A woman tries to pull her husband away in order to prevent him from accepting the staff. He is eventually forced to kneel and accept the staff after a general melee.
- Bibliography:
- Isbell, Billie Jean. To Defend Ourselves: Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2135 6.4
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 3: 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:
- Santa Cruz ritual series : 01
- 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.
