• Foto Number: KDI-068

This wrinkled old man from Tarucani with his woollen chullo is chewing coca leaves to banish hunger and fatigue. I wonder if he remembers that ‘the divine leaf’ was once reserved only for the emperor, the nobles, the mummies and the gods?

• Keywords:
  South America Peru Arequipa Tarucani Piruw man Aboriginal Indio old man Portrait Coca Inca-Culture Chullo