The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . d stones,but in no considerable quantities. The finds on this platform of Kalich-Pata seem to indi-cate that Inak-Uyu was a shrine where sacrifices took placelike those performed before the Sacred Rock on Titicaca. Of textures no considerable piece was found on Koati,^^for the same reason as on Titicaca, namely, excessivemoisture. On the crest, a female figurine of massive silverwas found by us in a stone cyst, and a few shreds of rathercoarse cloth were attached to the feet of that figurine. Ithints at the probability that this silver woman had
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . d stones,but in no considerable quantities. The finds on this platform of Kalich-Pata seem to indi-cate that Inak-Uyu was a shrine where sacrifices took placelike those performed before the Sacred Rock on Titicaca. Of textures no considerable piece was found on Koati,^^for the same reason as on Titicaca, namely, excessivemoisture. On the crest, a female figurine of massive silverwas found by us in a stone cyst, and a few shreds of rathercoarse cloth were attached to the feet of that figurine. Ithints at the probability that this silver woman hadoriginally been wrapped in cloth. This recalls the custom,mentioned by Cobo, of dressing or clothing fetishes or idols,at certain times and on certain occasions.^^ The other ruin of importance on Koati stands, as alreadymentioned, on the neck immediately in the rear of the ex-treme northwestern point of the Island; the bold prom-ontory of Uila-Peki, or Red Head. The neck is a plateau, uriBOX/riO Plate LXVIIIInca andenes and details of Chucaripu. THE RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF KOATI 273 not quite three hundred feet long, from south to north, andnot over seventy feet across. The declivity on the west isvery steep, and even sheer toward the end. On the easternside the slope is not as rapid, and terraces go down toalmost the waters edge. These terraces sweep around tothe northward, abutting against precipitous cliffs. Seenfrom the height of Chicheria Pata (a), the tall and wellbuilt andenes present a striking appearance. The big wallalong the whole length of the crest of the Island terminatesagainst the southern end of these ruins. The Red Headitself bears some andenes, but its top is quite small, and wesaw no traces of buildings on it. What this northwesternextremity of Koati had in the shape of buildings, seems tobe confined to the remains now called La Chicheria, aSpanish term of the country, used to designate a place forraising and enclosing goats and sheep. Father Sans, the editor
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