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Title
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Travaxo: Zara Tarpv Mitan, Zetienbre, Coya Raymi 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 September which was dedicated to sowing corn, potatoes, and other valuable food into the soil. The two indigenous women and the indigenous man in the image are standing in an organized field that is laid out in a grid pattern. The man is illustrated standing on a tool that puts holes into the field to place seeds in. The woman in front of him is depicted throwing the seeds into the soil. The woman behind her is bending over while holding another agricultural tool to help with the sowing, presumably to aid in covering the seeds with the soil. The moon and sun are illustrated at the top of the image. The mountainous Andean landscape is visible in the background with birds flying over top. The caption written on the field reads cienbrador de maýs, zara tarpoc [corn farmer]. The caption at the bottom of the image reads setienbre, coya raymi [september, tenth 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:24225
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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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Harvest
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Sowing
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Indigenous Peoples
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Colonialism
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Agriculture
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September
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