El Setimo Inga Iavar Vacac Inga · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Setimo Inga Iavar Vacac Inga
Subject: Yahuar Huacac; Yawar Waqaq; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This illustration depicts the seventh king of the Inca Empire, Yahuar Huacac (or Yawar Waqaq). He is depicted holding a shield in his left hand and an ax in his right. He is pictured wearing traditional royal garb and a feathered head visor. The author explains that this Inca king began the tradition of fasting and penance and commanded his subjects to do so as well. There are words at the bottom of the image that reads, “Reynó Cullaua Conde, Ariquipa Conde, Cusco Conde, Parinacocha, Changas, Soras, Andamarca, Lucana,” which describes the cities that he ruled over.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20183
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_20183_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Yahuar Huacac; Yawar Waqaq; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples