[A Native Christian Woman Praying Before a Crucifix] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Native Christian Woman Praying Before a Crucifix]
Subject: Indigenous Peoples; Native Americans; Christianity; Christians; Commoners; Religion; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: Most of the author’s images have titles, but the damage at the top of this page has ruined the header. This image depicts an indigenous Christian woman kneeling and praying before a crucifix. She is holding a rosary in her hands. There is a pile of bones in front of the crucifix with a skull on the top of the pile. There is a window in the top right corner with the dove of the holy spirit flying through it. The woman is dressed in traditional clothing with a long dress that is embroidered at the waist and has a cloak draped over her shoulders. This image is in a section of the book where the author aims to highlight the Christianity of the indigenous commoners in Spanish colonial Peru. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “cristiana” [Christian].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23738
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_23738_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Indigenous Peoples; Native Americans; Christianity; Christians; Commoners; Religion; Colonialism; Colonization

Media: mta_23738_OBJ.jpg