El Terzero Mes Marzo Pacha Pvcvi Quilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Terzero Mes Marzo Pacha Pvcvi Quilla
Subject: March; Sacrifice; Rituals; Traditions; Rainy Season; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Months
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 third month of March, which was dedicated to the sacrifice of black llamas to the idols of the Incas. A man is depicted kneeling in the image as he holds onto a llama which he is about to sacrifice before the idol resting on the hilltop. The author explains that this month was heavy in rain, which is why there are clouds and rainfall depicted at the top of the image. The caption on the image reads “sacrifica con este carnero negro,” which translates to “they sacrifice the black llama.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20296
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_20296_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: March; Sacrifice; Rituals; Traditions; Rainy Season; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Months

Media: mta_20296_OBJ.jpg