Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Huanca Sancos, herranza
- Title:
- Huanca Sancos, herranza
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Huanca Sancos Communal Herranza ritual series
- Date:
- 1967
- Location:
- Huanca Sancos (Peru)
- ID Number:
- ISB_00174
- File Name:
- ISB_00174.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Herranza (Ritual)
Rites & ceremonies
- Image View Description:
- View of Huanca Sancos, herranza
- Description:
- Animals being prepared for 'marriage.' Women are waiting to apply llampu or machca, ground dried corn, which is visible on participants' faces.
- Bibliography:
- To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, chapter 6, section 4 (p. 151-163): 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:
- Huanca Sancos Communal Herranza ritual series : 08
- 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.
