El Catorze Capitan Mallco Castilla Pari · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Catorze Capitan Mallco Castilla Pari
Subject: Mallco Castilla Pari; Inca Captains; Inca Kings; Inca Empire; Conquest; War; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This illustration depicts the fourteenth captain, Mallco Castilla Pari. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. This captain is depicted standing in the centre of the image holding a spear in his right hand and what appears to be a whip in his left. His shield is resting on the ground by his feet. The word “collasuyo” is written beside his left foot. Collasuyo was a region which made up part of the Inca Empire.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20264
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_20264_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Mallco Castilla Pari; Inca Captains; Inca Kings; Inca Empire; Conquest; War; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples