Idolos I Vacas De Los Andi Svios · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Idolos I Vacas De Los Andi Svios
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Antisuyo
Description: This chapter is dedicated to describing the idols and gods of the Incas. This image depicts the Inca king and the other indigenous people of the Antisuyo region of Peru making a sacrifice to an otoronco [jaguar]. The jaguar is depicted on the left side of the image. They are also honouring the two mountain peaks illustrated in the background. The mountain peaks are labelled as saua ciray [Sauasiray] and pitu ciray [Pitociray]. There is a caption at the bottom of the image that reads en la montana del antisuyo, which translates to in the Antisuyo mountain.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20332
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_20332_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Idols; Gods; Deities; Huacas; Jaguars; Otoronco; Mountains; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples