Administrador de Provincias Svivioc Gvaiac Poma Apo Senor · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Administrador de Provincias Svivioc Gvaiac Poma Apo Senor
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This chapter discusses the system of administrative officials in the Inca Empire. This image depicts a suyuyoc [provincial administrator] named Carua Poma, son of Capac Apo Guayac Poma. He is illustrated standing in the centre of the image holding two quipus [a device for recording information]. The author explains that these officials were sons of noble lineage and were chosen for this position to learn about accounting, administration, and governing. These officials were required to oversee communities and their fields and sacrifices and ensure everything was accounted for.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20563
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_20563_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Law Enforcement; Provincial Administrator; Justice; Officials; Noble Lineage; Quipu; Inca; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples