Jvezes de Comiciones · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jvezes de Comiciones
Subject: Colonialism; Government; Judges; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses and criticizes the government and society in Spanish conquered Peru. This image depicts a Spanish judge on official duty riding a horse as he pulls a blanket off the back of an indigenous man standing in front of him. The indigenous man has tears on his face as he tries to hold on to his blanket. There is dialogue written beside the judge which reads, “daca la manta, perro yndio” [give me to blanket, Indian dog]. The indigenous man replies, “ama quichouaycho, cino” [don’t take it from me, sir].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23362
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23362_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Colonialism; Government; Judges; Indigenous Peoples