The naqaq is drinking from a ceremonial drinking vessel, a qero found in a burial cave which is kept as a ritual office by one of the varayoq. The hamite is in the background.
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
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