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Title
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Coreon Maior I Menor Hatvn Chasqvi Chvrv, Mvllo Chasqvi, Cvraca
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Description
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This chapter discusses the system of administrative officials in the Inca Empire. This image depicts a chasque [runner] who was responsible for taking food from storehouses and bringing it to the Inca when requested to. These runners were stationed at half-league intervals so that they could run faster and be time efficient whenever the Inca would call on them. This runner is depicted wearing a feathered visor on his head and blowing into a shell trumpet. He is also illustrated holding a star shaped club, a sling, and a basket of food in his left hand. The author explains that the feathered visor and trumpet were both visual and auditory cues to warn and prepare the next runner.
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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:20564
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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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mta_20564_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Officials
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Runner
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Chasque
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Storehouses
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Inca
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Inca Empire
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Indigenous
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Indigenous Peoples