The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . io sfiBq RuoiTfiV ai nr§rfo (sqliudO) hlid-<iiuyi(i (Il-id yviuf yjnn mottod o/it Jr 111 rTiiJJo[ ..IBlal Plate XXI Pottery from graves of AjTuara (Chullpa) origin in Various parts of tlie Island. The two vases at the bottom may have been brought from the mainland, possibly from Tiahuanaco. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 95 prayer. On the following morning the foundations of thenew structure were to be laid, and for that purpose theyhad, the night before, prepared as many tiny bundles asthere were corners, and an extra one for the cent
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . io sfiBq RuoiTfiV ai nr§rfo (sqliudO) hlid-<iiuyi(i (Il-id yviuf yjnn mottod o/it Jr 111 rTiiJJo[ ..IBlal Plate XXI Pottery from graves of AjTuara (Chullpa) origin in Various parts of tlie Island. The two vases at the bottom may have been brought from the mainland, possibly from Tiahuanaco. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 95 prayer. On the following morning the foundations of thenew structure were to be laid, and for that purpose theyhad, the night before, prepared as many tiny bundles asthere were corners, and an extra one for the centre. Eachbundle contained: The fetus of a llama,^^ the fetus of a pig,a piece of llama-tallow,^^^ leaves of a plant not found on theIsland and called by them uira-ko-ua, and coca bundles are prepared by men only, and at night, andthe parties are chosen the evening before by the ilacata,which shows that this officer has certain religious functionsalso. When all the workmen had gathered on the site, theone who directed the work, the maestro, or architect (a plas-terer from the Peninsula of Copacavana), spread beforehim a lliklla, or square piece of embroidered cloth, madelike a poncho, but smaller. Every Indian took three cocaleaves, arranging them in the shape of a trefoil, and depos-ited them on the lliklla, while the mas
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