Smithsonian Report. 1925. -Safford 



Plate 6 



1. Drying Potatoes for Chuno 



View of the elevated Peruvian Collao, showing Quichua Indians preparing Chuno. Photo- 

 graph received from the Hon. Hiram Bingham. See National Geographic Magazine, April, 

 1913, page 568 



2. Ancient Foods Found with Peruvian Mummies 



Food staples found in Pre-Columbian graves of the coast of Peru, including several varieties 

 of beans {Phaxeolus vulgaris), lima beans (Phaseolus lunaius), manioc (Jatropha manihot), 

 maize (Zea mays), peanuts ( Arachis hypogaea) , sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas), and chunyos, 

 or dried potatoes. The latter in the central foreground. Original photograph of specimens 

 in the American Museum of Natural Historv, New York 



