The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . Mv; , !(?• iininiii .L: .V/ii« io BojsqiA ,1 Plate LVIII Size reduced1. Alpaca of silver. 2. Llama of silver with caparison and nails of gold. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 239 Eanios mentions three statues on Titicaca called, respec-tively, Apu-jmti, Chusip-ynti, and Yntipgnanqui, whichwords he translates as the Sun-chieftain, Sun-son, and theBrother-sun. Of this Trinity he states that it was * only oneGod.^^ Cobo describes a statue, half gold, half silver,of the size of a woman, of which he was told that it repre-sented the moo
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . Mv; , !(?• iininiii .L: .V/ii« io BojsqiA ,1 Plate LVIII Size reduced1. Alpaca of silver. 2. Llama of silver with caparison and nails of gold. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 239 Eanios mentions three statues on Titicaca called, respec-tively, Apu-jmti, Chusip-ynti, and Yntipgnanqui, whichwords he translates as the Sun-chieftain, Sun-son, and theBrother-sun. Of this Trinity he states that it was * only oneGod.^^ Cobo describes a statue, half gold, half silver,of the size of a woman, of which he was told that it repre-sented the moon and stood on the Island of Koati. But headds: Although others will have it that this figure andstatue was called Titicaca, and they say it represented themother of the Incas.^^ In regard to such ceremonial ob-jects the most complete disagreement exists between thechroniclers, whereas they agree in that the Sacred Rockwas the center of attraction and at the same time the seatof oracular utterances.^^ This worship at the Eock ofthe Cat and the consequent fame of the Island of Titicacaamong the Indians, was of great antiquity in Bolivia, Titi-caca being a noted shrine of the Aymard long befo
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