Ivnio Havcai Cvsqvi · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ivnio Havcai Cvsqvi
Subject: Months; June; Haucay Cusqui; Festivals; Rest; Harvest; Sacrifice; Inca Empire; Inca; Inca Emperor; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
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 June, which was dedicated to celebrating the Sun festival called Inti Raymi by performing many child sacrifices. The Incas did this to rest from the previous harvesting months. The image depicts the Inca Emperor drinking while looking at the Sun for the Sun festival. There is a woman sitting on the ground as she pours a drink from a pot. The Sun is illustrated in the top right-hand corner of the image. There is a flying creature depicted in the sky as it brings a drink towards the Sun. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “ueue con el sol en la fiesta del sol,” which translates to “drink with the Sun at the Sun festival.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20299
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_20299_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Months; June; Haucay Cusqui; Festivals; Rest; Harvest; Sacrifice; Inca Empire; Inca; Inca Emperor; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples

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