Algvazil Maior[e]s: Qve Sea Fiel I Dilegente, Quillis Cachi · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Algvazil Maior[e]s: Qve Sea Fiel I Dilegente, Quillis Cachi
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; West Indies; South America; Peru
Description: This image depicts a local native official in Spanish colonial Peru. He is depicted standing in the centre of the image looking and facing towards his left. He is depicted wearing Spanish trousers underneath his traditional tunic with a shawl wrapped over his shoulders while holding a long staff. He is also depicted wearing a head piece that has a feather at the back and a flower at the front. The author explains that these officials were responsible for not going above the law, and to plow the fields. The caption written at the bottom of the image reads, en este rreyno [in this kingdom].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23724
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_23724_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Native Officials; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization; Government