Maio Hatvn Cvsqvi Aimorai Quilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Maio Hatvn Cvsqvi Aimorai Quilla
Subject: Months; Harvest; Crops; Food; Inspection; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; May
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Peru
Description: This chapter is dedicated to discussing the traditions and rituals of each month during the Inca Empire. The Incas tracked the months and years through the stars and their months consisted of thirty days. This image depicts the month of May, which was dedicated to harvesting crops. The author explains that the abundance of crops and harvesting provided them with an abundance of food. This image depicts a crowd of people with bags over their shoulders and on their backs as they carry their harvest to storehouses. The author also explains that inspections were done during this month and the people had to give accurate accounts of their crops and food. The person depicted standing above the crowd with a stick in his hand could possibly be the inspector. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “lleuan al depócito las comidas,” which translates to “meals are taken to the storehouses.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20298
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_20298_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Months; Harvest; Crops; Food; Inspection; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; May

Media: mta_20298_OBJ.jpg