Ortelano, Pachacacvna · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ortelano, Pachacacvna
Subject: Horticulture; Garden; Coca; Indigenous Peoples; Plants; Colonialism
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image depicts native Peruvian horticulturalists tending to their garden. The man and woman are depicted sitting in front of a small house. There is a coca tree on the left side of the image and a fruit tree on the right. The man is depicted sharing his coca leaves with the woman. They are both depicted wearing a traditional unku [tunic] with shawls wrapped over their shoulders. There are two chickens walking around their property. There is dialogue written between the man and woman which reads, “cayllata acullicuy, pana” [sister, chew this coca]. The woman replies, “apomoy, tura” [give it, brother].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23753
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_23753_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Horticulture; Garden; Coca; Indigenous Peoples; Plants; Colonialism