La Dezima Coia Mama Ocllo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Dezima Coia Mama Ocllo
Subject: Mama Ocllo; Coyas; Inca Queens; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Topa Inca Yupanqui; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; South America; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies
Description: This illustration depicts Mama Ocllo, the tenth Coya [Queen] of the Inca Empire. She was married to her younger brother, Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth king of the Inca Empire. Mama Ocllo is depicted standing in the centre of the image wearing traditional royal garb. She is surrounded by servants with one of them shading her with leaves. The words “Reynó Guanoco, Guayllas, Atapillo” which translates to “He reigned to Guanoco, Guayllas, Atapillo.” These are the regions that her and her husband reigned over.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20230
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_20230_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Mama Ocllo; Coyas; Inca Queens; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Topa Inca Yupanqui; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples