Indigenous Selling Their Produce
by Al Bourassa
Title
Indigenous Selling Their Produce
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
The native people of Ecuador are the lifeblood of the country, providing the populace with affordable food, vegetables, fruit, milk, etc. They are found often on the streets or the mercados selling their wares at bargain-basement prices.
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, or Native Ecuadorians, are the groups of people who were present in what became Ecuador when Europeans arrived. The term also includes their descendants from the time of the Spanish conquest to the present. Their history, which encompasses the last 11,000 years, reaches into the present; 7 percent of Ecuador's population is of indigenous heritage, while another 72 percent is of mixed indigenous and European heritage. Afro-Ecuadorian, people of Spanish descent, and others make up the remaining 20 percent.
In the Sierra, the most important groups were the Pasto, the Caras, the Panzaleo, the Puruhá, the Cańari, and the Palta. They lived on hillsides, terrace farming maize, quinoa, beans, potatoes and squash, and developed systems of irrigation. Their political organization was a dual system: one of chieftains, the other, a land-holding system called curacazgo, that regulated the planting and harvesting of multiple cycles of crops. While some historians have referred to this system as the "Kingdom of Quito", it did not approach the level of political organization of the state.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken in Cuenca, Ecuador, South America nestled in the Andes Mountains.
NOTE that the Fine Art America watermark will NOT appear on any purchased product.
All work is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without purchase.
I do hope you enjoy my work.
Comments are graciously accepted.
Favoring is greatly appreciated.
Purchases are fantastic!
You may see more artwork for sale at http://saccc05.tripod.com/
Uploaded
July 13th, 2016
Statistics
Viewed 290 Times - Last Visitor from Ottawa, ON - Canada on 03/27/2024 at 8:34 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet