Varayoq of Quispillaqta
- Title:
- Varayoq of Quispillaqta
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
- Date:
- 1969
- Location:
- Quispillaccta (Peru)
Quispillacta (Peru)
Quispillaqta (Peru) - ID Number:
- ISB_00194
- File Name:
- ISB_00194.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Varayoq
Civil-religious hierarchies
Prestige hierarchies
Rites & ceremonies
Politics & government
Civil service - Image View Description:
- View of Varayoq of Quispillaqta
- Description:
- The varayoq of Quispillaqta are served chicha at one of the offering tables on the path up to the puna and the source of irrigation water, Lake Matuma. They are wearing new jackets given as a gift by senior officials to lower ranks. They are wearing a woman's lliqlla as a sign of servitude to the community.
- 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 : 13
- 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.