Segvnda Calle Pvrec Macho · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Segvnda Calle Pvrec Macho
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: South America; West Indies; Peru; Cusco; Cuzco
Description: The author explains that there were ten paths for men to follow in the Inca Empire based on age division. This second path is called the puric macho [old man who walks], which was for people who are over the age of sixty and are exempt from military services. Their duties included working in fields and carrying straw and firewood. This image depicts an older man walking with a load of wood strapped over his back and a dog walking by his feet. The caption at the bottom of the image reads de edad de sesenta años pasado de tributo que cirue a los principales which translates to sixty years old, exempt from tribute one who serves the nobles.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20271
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_20271_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Indigenous Peoples; War; Inca Empire; Puric Macho; Indigenous