Q[ve] el Comendero se Haze Lleuarse en Unas Andas Como Ynga con Taquies y Danzas Quando Ilega a sus Pueblos. Y ci no, le Castiga y Maltrata en Este Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Q[ve] el Comendero se Haze Lleuarse en Unas Andas Como Ynga con Taquies y Danzas Quando Ilega a sus Pueblos. Y ci no, le Castiga y Maltrata en Este Rreyno
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; 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 a Spanish encomendero [trustee] being carried on a litter by native men. The encomendero is depicted making a ceremonial entrance into an indigenous village and being greeted with dancers who are depicted on the right side of the image wearing traditional ceremonial garb. The author criticizes the encomenderos for doing this as they acted as if they were Inca rulers.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23454
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_23454_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Encomendero; Government; Spaniards; Colonialism; Colonization; Indigenous Peoples