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
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- ISB_00230
- File Name:
- ISB_00230.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:
- Part of scene of melee. The priest is forcing the man to kneel and accept the staff of office. His poncho is being forceably removed and will not be returned to him until he accepts his obligation of service for one year.
- 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 6.3
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 : 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.
