Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Gentiles in lake
- Title:
- Gentiles in lake
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Date:
- 1967
- Location:
- Chuschi (Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00098
- File Name:
- ISB_00098.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Children's cosmology
Drawings
Children's art
- Image View Description:
- View of Gentiles in lake
- Description:
- A boy draws a sacred lake with Gentiles inside. A musical instrument is also shown, probably a chilili. Snake-like figure in upper center could be the Amaru, the two headed snake said to live in high altitude lakes.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- 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.
