Taira, the dawn of art in Atacama – 2017
Llamas and birds
In the Andes, llamas are called by the names of birds—ostrich, tinamous, flamingo or goose. Andean herders also speak of a fabled bird that they call chullumpi, which they conceive of as the “stud” of the llamas. At Taira, all of these birds accompany the representations of camelids.