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gold. In the recesses of each sanctuary were kept

fetiches and propitiatory offerings.

Also there were frequent offerings 'Of clo–

thing, speciai' weavers making

the

garments

" yhich were u sed in the festival s.

Description

Inticancha wias surrounded by a wall which

opened on the Plaza of Santo Domingo through

a door reached by a number of steps; reimains

of this wall are found in the street of Achuacpin–

ta. At the w

estern corner, now a presbytery of

the Dominican temple, this wall ended in a gre

tower.

Perhaps the

terior may be best described

by entering through the porter's lodge of the

convent of the

Dom~nican

fri·ars. Squier lived

in this con ent, and .his book on travel in Peru

gives valuable information concerning Intican–

cha. Turning to the right one approaches the

orch which

oins the first cloister with the _vestry

and the court ra.t the side of the presbytery. Here

aro the .ruins of the sanctuaries of the moon and

of the stars. Entering that corridor one coimes to

the stairway leading to the second floor or up–

per gallery: on the first landing on this stair·

~ ~'ªY

are seen the remains of the interior wall of

hhe chapel of the moon,

and of the recesses prev–

iously described. This sanctuary was the twin

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