Otabo Calle Pvcllacoc Vamra · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Otabo Calle Pvcllacoc Vamra
Subject: Playful Child; Children; Colonization; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Pucllacoc Uamra
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Peru
Description: The author explains that there were ten paths for women to follow in the Inca Empire based on age division. This group was called pucllacoc uamra [playful child] and they were aged from five to nine years old. Their duties included serving their parents and nobles, gathering firewood, collecting water, and learning to cook and clean. The author explains that these young girls were often violated by the Spanish colonizers. The young, short-haired girl in the image is depicted walking barefooted as she carries a jug of water on her back. The caption on the image reads “de edad de cinco años, cirua a su madre,” which translates to “five years old, she serves her mother.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20291
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_20291_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Playful Child; Children; Colonization; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Pucllacoc Uamra