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  THE 
  AYMARA 
  — 
  TSCHOPIK 
  553 
  

  

  were 
  killed 
  and 
  quantities 
  of 
  maize 
  chicha 
  prepared. 
  If 
  the 
  deceased 
  

   were 
  important, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  accompanied 
  the 
  

   corpse 
  to 
  the 
  tomb, 
  where 
  they 
  killed 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  wives 
  and 
  children 
  

   and 
  sacrificed 
  many 
  llamas. 
  The 
  sacrificed 
  relatives, 
  together 
  with 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  llamas 
  and 
  the 
  deceased's 
  possessions 
  were 
  placed 
  with 
  the 
  

   corpse 
  in 
  the 
  tomb. 
  Other 
  persons 
  were 
  buried 
  alive. 
  After 
  the 
  

   funeral 
  everyone 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  deceased's 
  house, 
  where 
  they 
  feasted 
  

   and 
  drank 
  for 
  several 
  days, 
  the 
  women 
  wailing 
  constantly. 
  All 
  

   danced 
  mournfully 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  The 
  wives 
  who 
  survived 
  the 
  

   funeral 
  paraded 
  weeping 
  through 
  the 
  town, 
  carrying 
  weapons, 
  cloth- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  other 
  possessions 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  chief 
  and 
  singing 
  of 
  his 
  deeds. 
  

   The 
  women 
  and 
  servants 
  then 
  cut 
  their 
  hair, 
  wore 
  only 
  their 
  oldest 
  

   clothes, 
  and 
  neglected 
  their 
  personal 
  appearance. 
  For 
  several 
  days 
  

   no 
  fire 
  was 
  lighted 
  in 
  the 
  deceased's 
  house. 
  Mourning 
  lasted 
  for 
  a 
  

   year, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  second 
  rite, 
  involving 
  libations 
  and 
  the 
  

   sacrifice 
  of 
  additional 
  llamas, 
  was 
  performed 
  at 
  the 
  tomb. 
  

  

  ESTHETIC 
  AND 
  RECREATIONAL 
  ACTIVITIES 
  

  

  Art. 
  — 
  Artistic 
  impulses 
  today 
  are 
  expressed 
  chiefly 
  in 
  textiles 
  

   (see 
  Weaving, 
  p. 
  534) 
  and 
  in 
  dance 
  costumes 
  (see 
  Dances, 
  p. 
  554). 
  

   Present-day 
  Ay 
  mar 
  a 
  culture 
  is 
  extremely 
  utilitarian 
  and 
  lacks 
  other 
  

   formal 
  art 
  styles. 
  

  

  The 
  archeology 
  of 
  Chucuito 
  has 
  revealed 
  a 
  highly 
  decorated 
  and 
  

   varied 
  pottery 
  style 
  that 
  persisted 
  well 
  into 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Period 
  

   (Tschopik, 
  M. 
  H., 
  Inca 
  Uyu, 
  n. 
  d.). 
  Vessels, 
  chiefly 
  bowls, 
  were 
  

   painted 
  with 
  animal, 
  plant, 
  bird, 
  fish, 
  human, 
  and 
  geometric 
  motives 
  

   in 
  several 
  colors. 
  Large 
  ollas 
  had 
  chiefly 
  floral, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  

   zoomorphic, 
  designs. 
  

  

  Games. 
  — 
  The 
  few 
  games 
  are 
  confined 
  principally 
  to 
  children. 
  

   Gambling 
  is 
  unimportant, 
  although 
  small 
  boys 
  occasionally 
  bet 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  their 
  lunches 
  while 
  herding 
  livestock. 
  Girls 
  and 
  boys 
  imitate 
  

   such 
  activities 
  of 
  their 
  elders 
  as 
  marketing, 
  trading, 
  housekeeping, 
  and 
  

   dancing. 
  Girls 
  play 
  with 
  stuffed 
  rag 
  dolls 
  and 
  learn 
  to 
  care 
  for 
  chil- 
  

   dren 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  Boys 
  play 
  with 
  wooden 
  tops 
  and 
  baked 
  clay 
  marbles, 
  although 
  these 
  

   games 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  aboriginal. 
  The 
  bull-roarer 
  is 
  a 
  child's 
  toy. 
  

   Children 
  make 
  cat's 
  cradles, 
  the 
  figures 
  having 
  such 
  names 
  as 
  " 
  seven 
  

   eyes," 
  "star," 
  and 
  "spider." 
  The 
  figures 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  single 
  individ- 
  

   viduals; 
  the 
  feet 
  are 
  not 
  used. 
  Guessing 
  games 
  include 
  the 
  " 
  shell 
  

   game" 
  and 
  guessing 
  how 
  many 
  corn 
  kernels 
  or 
  pebbles 
  a 
  person 
  has 
  

   hidden 
  in 
  his 
  hand. 
  Boys 
  compete 
  to 
  see 
  how 
  far 
  they 
  can 
  throw 
  

   stones 
  with 
  slings. 
  They 
  flip 
  ground-potsherd 
  or 
  baked-clay 
  game 
  

   pieces 
  at 
  a 
  shallow 
  pit 
  dug 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  winner 
  requiring 
  the 
  

   fewest 
  flips 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  hole. 
  

  

  