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

Title: Idolos I Vacas De Los Colla Svios
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This chapter is dedicated to describing the idols and gods of the Incas. This image depicts the indigenous people of the Collasuyo region in Peru making sacrifices to their local huaca [deity]. The two men standing on the right side of the image are depicted offering their sacrifices to the deity. One man is illustrated offering a llama. There is a caption on the llama which reads carnero negro [black llama]. The second man is depicted offering what appears to be coco pods. The deity on the left side of the image is illustrated being in a niche on a mountain in the form of a human. The author does not explicitly say the name of this deity.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20333
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_20333_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Gods; Deities; Idols; Huacas; Inca Empire; Inca; Sacrifice; Llama; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples