Setimo Calle Tocllacoc Vamra · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Setimo Calle Tocllacoc Vamra
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Peru; Cusco
Description: The author explains that there were ten paths for men to follow in the Inca Empire based on age division. This seventh group was called tocllacoc uamra [hunter boys]. These boys were aged from nine to twelve years old and their duties included hunting small birds to use their meat and use their feathers to decorate weapons. The caption at the bottom of the image reads de edad de nueue años cirue a su padre y al cacique which translates to nine years old, he serves his father and the chief. The boy in the image is depicted running towards a flock of small birds with a stick in one hand and a dead bird in his other hand.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20278
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_20278_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Hunter Boys; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Tocllacoc uamra; Hunters