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350 BE - 1531 CE Jama-coaque culture.
The entire culture was lost when the Spanish invaded Ecuador on a mission to conquer the Inca Empire from 1531 |
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 panpipes and rattle |
Temple Scene: panpipes and rattle
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In the 18th century, it is reported, that an Indian played a flute and a small drum accompanying specially trained
dancers in the Corpus Christi procession in Andean Ecuador. The pipe and tabor is still played in processions. |
1735-1746 “…With regard to the dances, it is a custom, both among the parishes of Quito and all those
of the mountains,
for the priest, a month before the celebration of the feasts, to select a number of Indians
who are to be the dancers.
These immediately begin to practise the dances they used before their
conversion to christianity. The music is a pipe
and tabor, and the most extraordinary of their motions
some awkward capers; in short, the whole is little to the taste
of an European…”
[Volume 14] ‘A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world; many of which are now first
translated into English.’ By Don Antonio de Ulloa of his travels in 1735-46 in the lands of present-day Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile;
by Don Antonio de Ulloa |
1791 Quito ‘The Disposition of the Indians in the Province of Quito’
“…They are lively only in parties of pleasure, rejoicings, entertainments, and especially dancing
;… one plays on a pipe and tabor, while others dance…”
‘Universal geography formed into a new and entire system; describing Asia, Africa, Europe, and America; ...
also giving a general account of ... the history of man, ... the state of arts, sciences, commerce
by Payne, John |
1870 “ The masquerade at Machachi was evidently intended to keep alive the memory of the Incas.
Three Indians ... danced to music of the rudest kind, one individual pounding on a drum and blowing
on a pipe at the same time.”
‘THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON: OR, ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF SOUTH AMERICA.’ By JAMES ORTON, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. |
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 1860's |
 1900 - 1950 playing for costumed dancers Latacunga, Ecuador |
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panpipes and rattle
player
statuette
400-900AD
