Juanita mummy bags
Place where the object is located
The object is located in museum Santuarios andinos, in Arequipa - Perú
Story of the object
Bags found next to the lady of the ampato, the Juanita mummy that is based on the fabric and made with bird feathers and inside it has coca leaves. Coca was important not only for rituals but also as food, since it provides strength and energy which is still used to this day. Mummy Juanita is a human mummy that belongs to the Inca culture
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Label
Culture / Style: Inca
Chronology: between 1440 Ac and 1450 Ac)
Region: South Region
Chicha and coca leaves would have been used to sedate the girl, an apparently common practice among the Incas before sacrificing their victims. Once the victim was in this state of intoxication, the priests carried out the sacrifice. In the specific case of Momia Juanita, radiology revealed that a forceful blow to the head with a truncheon caused a massive hemorrhage that resulted in her death
Chronology: between 1440 Ac and 1450 Ac)
Region: South Region
Chicha and coca leaves would have been used to sedate the girl, an apparently common practice among the Incas before sacrificing their victims. Once the victim was in this state of intoxication, the priests carried out the sacrifice. In the specific case of Momia Juanita, radiology revealed that a forceful blow to the head with a truncheon caused a massive hemorrhage that resulted in her death
