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Title
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A Topa Amaro le Cortan la Cavesa en el Cvzco
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Description
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This image depicts the beheading of the young fifteen-year-old Inca, Topa Amaro Inca. The young Inca had expressed he had no desire to meet Don Francisco de Toledo, the viceroy of Peru, and the viceroy was offended by the Inca’s words. The viceroy sentenced the Inca to be beheaded for this reason. Topa Amaro Inca is illustrated laying on a table with his hands bound together. There are three Spaniards depicted aiding in the beheading. One man is holding down the Inca’s legs while another man holds the Inca’s head still. The third man is depicted holding a sword to the Inca’s neck with one hand and a hammer in his other hand. There is a group of indigenous peoples at the bottom of the image looking up at the scene of the beheading of the Inca. They are depicted crying and grieving for the young Inca. The caption written above their heads reads, ynga uana cauri maytam rinqui sapra aucanchiccho mana huchayocta concayquita cuchon [Inca Wanacauri, where are you going? Is our wicked enemy cutting your blameless neck?]. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, en el cuzco [in Cusco].
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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:22669
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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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Subject
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Topa Amaro Inca
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Don Francisco de Toledo
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Inca
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Beheading
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Conquest
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Colonialism
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