﻿Vol.2] 
  THE 
  URU-CHIPAYA 
  — 
  LA 
  BARRE 
  585 
  

  

  ficed 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  spirits, 
  and 
  a 
  cup 
  of 
  blood 
  is 
  presented 
  with 
  all 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  offerings 
  and 
  decorations 
  to 
  the 
  stuffed 
  cat, 
  which 
  is 
  kept 
  in 
  a 
  corner. 
  

  

  The 
  herds 
  of 
  each 
  family 
  are 
  protected 
  by 
  a 
  special 
  samiri 
  — 
  a 
  stuffed 
  

   sheep 
  buried 
  ritually 
  in 
  a 
  corral 
  together 
  with 
  offerings 
  of 
  blood, 
  herbs, 
  

   and 
  coca, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  box 
  containing 
  images 
  of 
  sheep 
  made 
  of 
  grease, 
  

   mineral 
  powders, 
  flowers, 
  sweets, 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  magical 
  substances. 
  

  

  Whenever 
  an 
  animal 
  is 
  slaughtered 
  for 
  food, 
  a 
  short 
  ceremony 
  takes 
  

   place 
  with 
  offerings 
  of 
  coca 
  and 
  chicha. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  placed 
  on 
  an 
  

   improvised 
  altar 
  decorated 
  with 
  flowers, 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  also 
  place 
  coca 
  

   and 
  the 
  cupulae 
  with 
  the 
  sacred 
  mixture. 
  The 
  natives 
  salute 
  the 
  head, 
  

   offer 
  it 
  coca, 
  and 
  pour 
  a 
  few 
  drops 
  of 
  chicha 
  or 
  alcohol 
  in 
  its 
  honor. 
  

  

  After 
  shearing 
  the 
  llamas 
  and 
  sheep, 
  the 
  Chipaya 
  make 
  libations 
  on 
  

   the 
  wool 
  and 
  offer 
  coca 
  and 
  chicha 
  to 
  small 
  clay 
  images 
  of 
  sheep 
  and 
  

   llamas. 
  These 
  images 
  are 
  also 
  deposited 
  on 
  Christmas 
  Eve 
  on 
  the 
  

   church's 
  main 
  altar. 
  

  

  Shamanism. 
  — 
  Certain 
  diseases 
  attributed 
  to 
  supernatural 
  causes 
  

   are 
  treated 
  by 
  the 
  yatiri. 
  He 
  makes 
  the 
  usual 
  libations 
  and 
  offerings, 
  

   and 
  kills 
  a 
  sheep 
  by 
  pulling 
  out 
  its 
  heart, 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  ailing 
  

   region 
  of 
  the 
  patient's 
  body. 
  

  

  Divination 
  is 
  practiced 
  by 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  coca 
  leaves. 
  

  

  FOLKLORE 
  

  

  Chipaya 
  folklore 
  is 
  essentially 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Aymara. 
  The 
  

   tales 
  collected 
  by 
  Metraux 
  (1935 
  c, 
  pp. 
  395-415) 
  deal 
  with 
  the 
  mis- 
  

   fortunes 
  of 
  Fox, 
  the 
  trickster, 
  who 
  is 
  fooled 
  by 
  Condor 
  and 
  Duck. 
  The 
  

   motifs 
  of 
  the 
  magic 
  pregnancy 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  miraculous 
  recognition 
  of 
  

   the 
  unknown 
  father 
  which 
  form 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  myth 
  of 
  Coniraya, 
  recorded 
  

   by 
  Francisco 
  Davila, 
  in 
  Huarochiri, 
  occur 
  also 
  in 
  a 
  Chipaya 
  [tale. 
  

   Other 
  elements 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  tale 
  show 
  close 
  relationship 
  with 
  Chiri- 
  

   guano 
  folklore. 
  The 
  Chipaya 
  represent 
  themselves 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  survi- 
  

   vors 
  of 
  the 
  chullpa 
  people 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  exterminated 
  by 
  the 
  Sun, 
  

   an 
  obvious 
  survival 
  of 
  the 
  myth 
  of 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  mankind 
  as 
  told 
  

   in 
  the 
  ancient 
  Andean 
  mythology. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

  

  Bertonio, 
  1879 
  b; 
  Brinton, 
  1890; 
  Chamberlain, 
  1910; 
  CrSqui-Montfort 
  and 
  

   Rivet, 
  1925-27; 
  Ehrenreich, 
  1905; 
  Forbes, 
  1870; 
  La 
  Barre, 
  1941; 
  La 
  Grasserie, 
  

   1894; 
  Latcham, 
  1910; 
  Metraux, 
  1934 
  c, 
  1935 
  b, 
  1935 
  c, 
  1936 
  a, 
  1936 
  b, 
  1936 
  c; 
  

   Ore, 
  1607; 
  Polo, 
  1901; 
  Posnansky, 
  1934; 
  Rivet, 
  1925-27; 
  Uhle, 
  1896; 
  Vazquez 
  de 
  

   Espinosa, 
  1942. 
  

  

  