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Chicha carrier

Martín Chambi1940

Mudec - Museum of Cultures

Mudec - Museum of Cultures
Milan, Italy

This photograph taken in Tinta (Canchis district) depicts a native dressed in traditional clothing: a chullo underneath a wide-brimmed hat, and poncho. He carries on his shoulders a jar containing chicha - a slightly alcoholic drink derived from the fermentation of cereals (often maize), fruit or cassava, already in use in pre-Columbian times and still very popular in the Andean area.

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  • Title: Chicha carrier
  • Creator: Martín Chambi
  • Date Created: 1940
  • Location Created: Tinta, (Chancis province, Cusco region), Peru
  • Physical Dimensions: 25 × 20 cm
  • Type: Photography
  • Rights: Comune di Milano, Mudec - Museo delle Culture (© Martín Chambi)
  • Medium: modern photographic silver salt print on baryta paper
  • Collocazione: Currently not on view
Mudec - Museum of Cultures

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