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Acequia

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Title:
Acequia
Collection:
Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
Set:
Yarqa Aspiy ritual series
Date:
1970
Location:
Chuschi (Peru)
Chuschi (Peru)
ID Number:
ISB_01004
File Name:
ISB_01004.jpg
Subject:
Yarqa Aspiy (Ritual)
Irrigation
Canals
Rites & ceremonies
Image View Description:
View of Acequia
Description:
An acequia or irrigation ditch that is cleaned by communal labor before the Yarqa Aspiy.
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 : 07
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.

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