Q[ve] El Comendero Le Haze Ahorcar Al Cacique Prencipal don Juan Cayan Chire y por Dalle Contento al Encomendero le Cuelga el Corregidor · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Q[ve] El Comendero Le Haze Ahorcar Al Cacique Prencipal don Juan Cayan Chire y por Dalle Contento al Encomendero le Cuelga el Corregidor
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses and criticizes the government and society in Spanish conquered Peru. This image depicts two Spanish government officials hanging a cacique [native lord]. The cicaques would protect and defend their indigenous peoples from Spanish government abuse, and the encomenderos would hang them for it. The encomendero on the right side of the image is holding a card in his hand which reads, ‘petición contra don Juan’ [petition against Don Juan]. Don Juan is the native lord that is depicted hanging on the left side of the image.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23455
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_23455_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Encomendero; Government; Spaniards; Indigenous Peoples; Cicaques; Colonialism; Colonization