Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Ritual actors at Acequia
- Title:
- Ritual actors at Acequia
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
- Date:
- 1969
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- ISB_00329
- File Name:
- ISB_00329.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
- Image View Description:
- View of Ritual actors at Acequia
- Description:
- Two pairs of ritual actors are being served trago, cane alcohol: The hamites, traveling herbalists who are said to be from Lake Titicaca. The hamite in the foreground has his magical herbs around his neck. The other is in the background drinking with the two naqaqs.
- 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 : 26
- 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.
