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Cleaning acequia or irrigation canal
- Title:
- Cleaning acequia or irrigation canal
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
- Date:
- 1970
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- ISB_00991
- File Name:
- ISB_00991.jpg
- Subject:
- Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Laborers
Irrigation
Canals
Festivals
Rites & ceremonies
- Image View Description:
- View of Cleaning acequia or irrigation canal
- Description:
- For three days before the Yarqa Aspiy, the irrigation system is cleaned by communal labor.
- Bibliography:
- 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 : 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.
