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  INCA 
  CULTURE 
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  or 
  pottery 
  plates, 
  set 
  on 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  small 
  rushes 
  on 
  the 
  floor 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   him. 
  Serving 
  women 
  brought 
  the 
  plates 
  and 
  held 
  them 
  while 
  he 
  ate. 
  

   All 
  leftovers 
  were 
  saved 
  and 
  stored 
  along 
  with 
  his 
  used 
  clothing 
  to 
  be 
  

   burned 
  ceremonially 
  once 
  a 
  year 
  by 
  a 
  special 
  official. 
  The 
  royal 
  bed 
  

   consisted 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  cotton 
  quilt 
  spread 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  

   woolen 
  blankets. 
  The 
  Emperor 
  traveled 
  in 
  a 
  litter 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  fol- 
  

   lowing, 
  and 
  his 
  dignity 
  required 
  him 
  to 
  travel 
  as 
  slowly 
  as 
  possible, 
  

   preferably 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  12 
  miles 
  a 
  day. 
  His 
  litter 
  bearers 
  came 
  from 
  

   the 
  Province 
  of 
  Rucanas, 
  and 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  hundred 
  additional 
  Rucana 
  

   preceded 
  the 
  litter 
  to 
  clear 
  the 
  road 
  and 
  relieve 
  the 
  litter 
  bearers. 
  

   These 
  men 
  wore 
  a 
  special 
  livery. 
  Each 
  Emperor 
  built 
  and 
  furnished 
  

   a 
  new 
  palace 
  in 
  Cuzco, 
  for 
  the 
  palace 
  of 
  his 
  predecessor 
  became 
  a 
  

   shrine 
  to 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  its 
  builder. 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  12, 
  ch. 
  36; 
  

   Xerez, 
  1917, 
  p. 
  56; 
  Sancho, 
  1917 
  b, 
  ch. 
  18; 
  Estete, 
  1924, 
  pp. 
  29-30; 
  

   Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  20.) 
  

  

  Anyone 
  seeking 
  audience 
  with 
  the 
  Emperor, 
  no 
  matter 
  what 
  his 
  

   rank, 
  had 
  to 
  remove 
  his 
  sandals 
  and 
  place 
  a 
  token 
  burden 
  on 
  his 
  back 
  

   before 
  entering 
  the 
  room 
  where 
  the 
  Emperor 
  was. 
  The 
  Emperor 
  

   usually 
  sat 
  behind 
  a 
  screen, 
  and 
  only 
  received 
  visitors 
  face 
  to 
  face 
  as 
  

   a 
  token 
  of 
  great 
  honor. 
  We 
  have 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  eye-witness 
  descriptions 
  

   of 
  this 
  ceremonial. 
  (Estete, 
  1918, 
  p. 
  102; 
  1924, 
  p. 
  41; 
  Pizarro, 
  1844, 
  

   p. 
  302; 
  Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  13; 
  Polo, 
  1940, 
  p. 
  146; 
  Moriia, 
  1922-25, 
  

   bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  16; 
  bk. 
  3, 
  ch. 
  7.) 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  new 
  Emperor 
  was 
  installed 
  (fig. 
  23, 
  b), 
  the 
  future 
  ruler 
  

   secluded 
  himself 
  in 
  a 
  house 
  constructed 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  occasion, 
  

   and 
  fasted 
  after 
  the 
  Inca 
  fashion 
  for 
  3 
  days. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fast, 
  

   he 
  was 
  crowned 
  with 
  the 
  fringe 
  (*mascapaycha) 
  in 
  a 
  public 
  ceremony, 
  

   and 
  each 
  noble 
  swore 
  allegiance 
  by 
  making 
  a 
  gesture 
  of 
  obeisance 
  to 
  

   him 
  with 
  a 
  light-colored 
  feather. 
  After 
  this, 
  a 
  public 
  feast 
  lasted 
  for 
  

   several 
  days. 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  12, 
  ch. 
  36; 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  32; 
  Sancho, 
  

   1917 
  b, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  12; 
  Acosta, 
  1940, 
  bk. 
  6, 
  ch. 
  12; 
  Xerez, 
  1917, 
  p. 
  112; 
  

   Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  36; 
  Moriia, 
  1922-25, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  16.) 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Emperor 
  died 
  his 
  ayllu 
  arranged 
  elaborate 
  mourning 
  and 
  

   funeral 
  rites, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  whole 
  Empire 
  participated. 
  The 
  dead 
  

   man's 
  entrails 
  were 
  removed 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  special 
  receptacle, 
  and 
  

   the 
  body 
  was 
  carefully 
  preserved, 
  probably 
  by 
  drying 
  with 
  herbs. 
  

   His 
  favorite 
  women 
  and 
  most 
  necessary 
  servants 
  were 
  expected 
  to 
  

   volunteer 
  to 
  accompany 
  him, 
  and 
  were 
  made 
  drunk 
  during 
  a 
  great 
  

   public 
  dance 
  and 
  strangled. 
  There 
  were 
  special 
  mourning 
  songs 
  and 
  

   pilgrimages 
  to 
  the 
  places 
  he 
  had 
  frequented 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  14, 
  

   ch. 
  19; 
  Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  chs. 
  32, 
  60). 
  The 
  carefully 
  wrapped 
  body 
  

   was 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  deceased's 
  palace 
  under 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  his 
  descen- 
  

   dants, 
  and 
  was 
  brought 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  sacred 
  square 
  during 
  public 
  

   ceremonials. 
  In 
  the 
  palace, 
  the 
  dead 
  Emperor 
  was 
  waited 
  on 
  as 
  in 
  

   life, 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  having 
  women 
  with 
  fans 
  standing 
  on 
  both 
  

  

  