Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Quispillacta--Varoq
- Title:
- Quispillacta--Varoq
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
- Date:
- 1969
- Location:
- Quispillaccta (Peru)
Quispillacta (Peru)
Quispillaqta (Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00325
- File Name:
- ISB_00325.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Varayoq
Civil-religious hierarchies
Prestige hierarchies
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
Politics & government
Civil service
- Image View Description:
- View of Quispillacta--Varoq
- Description:
- The Alcalde Vara is weeping and telling how poor he has become during his year of service. He refers to himself as an orphan, meaning he is poor because he doesn't have kin to help him with his obligations.The scene is at the Chapel of Qonopa. Women are serving trago and chicha.
- 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 Chapter 6
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 2 (p. 138-145): 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:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series : 34
- 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.
