Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Funeral
- Title:
- Funeral
- Collection:
- Billie Jean Isbell Andean Collection
- Set:
- Funeral ritual series
- Date:
- 1967
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- ISB_00370
- File Name:
- ISB_00370.jpg
- Culture:
- Quechua
- Subject:
- Pichqa
Varayoq
Civil-religious hierarchies
Prestige hierarchies
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Politics & government
Civil service
- Image View Description:
- View of Funeral
- Description:
- Widow sits with her children at pichqa. The staffs of office of the 2 attending varayoq lend authority to the event.
- 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 Introduction
To Defend Ourselves, Ecology and Ritual in an Andean Village, by Billie Jean Isbell. Waveland Press, 1985, introduction, chapter 5: 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:
- Funeral ritual series : 30
- 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.
