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Title
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Travaxos: Papa Allai Mitan Pacha, Junio, Haucay Cusqui Quilla
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Description
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This image is reflected in the final chapter of Ayala’s chronicle where he provides a description of labours and festivals that occur in the rural areas of the Spanish colonial Andes during each month of the Inca calendar year. This image depicts the month of June, which was a time of rest after harvesting all the corn. While June was a month of rest, they also spent time harvesting potatoes. The sun is shining in the top right corner of the image while an indigenous man and two indigenous women are depicted harvesting the potatoes. The man on the left side of the image is standing with one foot pressing down onto his shovel to dig out the potatoes. The woman next to him is kneeling and using a digging device with her hands to also dig out the potatoes. The woman on the right side of the image is walking away carrying a large sack of harvested potatoes on her back. There are other full bags of potatoes beside her. The mountainous Andean landscape is illustrated in the background of the image with birds flying over top. There are words written above the native man which reads “labrador, pachaca” [labourer]. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “junio, haucay cusqui” [June, seventh month].
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:24222
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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Subject
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Potatoes
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Harvest
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Colonialism
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Indigenous Peoples
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Agriculture
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June
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