DOI Artikel:
Gade, Daniel Wayne; Rodríguez Rios, Roberto: Chaquitaclla: the native footplough and its persistence in Central Andean agriculture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.48999#0010
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Fig. 5. Contemporary diversity in the chaquitaclla within a 100 km radius of the city of Cuzco, Peru, ancient
capital of the Inca Empire. 1, 2, and 3 are straight chaquitacllas; 4 is a huiri. In Quechua, the parts of the
tool are (a) chanchaca; (b) kcumo; (c) taquilpo; (d) yauriga; and (e) chanka. Drawing by R. Rios.
Verschiedenheit gleichzeitiger chaquitacllas in einem Radius von 100 km von der Stadt Cuzco in Peru, der
alten Hauptstadt des Inkareichs. 1, 2 und 3 sind einfache chaquitacllas; 4 ist ein huiri. In Quechua heissen
die Teile des Gerates (a) chanchaca; (b) kcumo; (c) taquilpo; (d) yauriga; (e) chanka.
tool, and fire-hardened wooden points have
served when metal shares were unobtainable
(fig. 5) (Troll 1943).
Assembling the taclla is not a specialized
artisan activity in most communities, and each
peasant normally makes his own or inherits
that which belonged to his father. The wooden
shaft is made of a natural branch or crotch of
a tree, rather than carved to a set pattern, and
wide variation in the specific form results. One
of several native tree species is selected for the
shaft, depending on which is available or lo-
cally preferred. Among them are quishuar
(Buddleia incana), colli (Buddleia coriacea),cha-
chacomo (Escallonia resinosa), and huaranhuay
(Tecoma sambucifolia). Where local wood
sources are depleted or otherwise unsatis-
factory, trade in wood takes place between
communities. For example, chonta (Badris
ciliata), a tough palm wood, is brought to the
treeless Bolivian Altiplano from the tropical
Yungas to be used for making taclla shafts.
D. W. GADE . R. RIOS
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Fig. 5. Contemporary diversity in the chaquitaclla within a 100 km radius of the city of Cuzco, Peru, ancient
capital of the Inca Empire. 1, 2, and 3 are straight chaquitacllas; 4 is a huiri. In Quechua, the parts of the
tool are (a) chanchaca; (b) kcumo; (c) taquilpo; (d) yauriga; and (e) chanka. Drawing by R. Rios.
Verschiedenheit gleichzeitiger chaquitacllas in einem Radius von 100 km von der Stadt Cuzco in Peru, der
alten Hauptstadt des Inkareichs. 1, 2 und 3 sind einfache chaquitacllas; 4 ist ein huiri. In Quechua heissen
die Teile des Gerates (a) chanchaca; (b) kcumo; (c) taquilpo; (d) yauriga; (e) chanka.
tool, and fire-hardened wooden points have
served when metal shares were unobtainable
(fig. 5) (Troll 1943).
Assembling the taclla is not a specialized
artisan activity in most communities, and each
peasant normally makes his own or inherits
that which belonged to his father. The wooden
shaft is made of a natural branch or crotch of
a tree, rather than carved to a set pattern, and
wide variation in the specific form results. One
of several native tree species is selected for the
shaft, depending on which is available or lo-
cally preferred. Among them are quishuar
(Buddleia incana), colli (Buddleia coriacea),cha-
chacomo (Escallonia resinosa), and huaranhuay
(Tecoma sambucifolia). Where local wood
sources are depleted or otherwise unsatis-
factory, trade in wood takes place between
communities. For example, chonta (Badris
ciliata), a tough palm wood, is brought to the
treeless Bolivian Altiplano from the tropical
Yungas to be used for making taclla shafts.