Soberbiosa Criolla o Mestiza o Mulata Deste Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Soberbiosa Criolla o Mestiza o Mulata Deste Rreyno
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses and criticizes the government and society in Spanish conquered Peru. This image depicts a creole woman (the author is referring to a Peruvian-born Spaniard) abusing an indigenous woman. The author criticizes creole, mulatto and mestizo women by calling them lazy, lying, and deceptive, and that they are enemies to the poor indigenous women. The creole woman in the image is holding the hair of a native woman and appears to be holding an axe of sorts to cut the woman’s hair. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, en los pueblos [in the pueblos].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23392
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_23392_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Creoles; Mestizos; Mulattos; Women; Indigenous Peoples; Indigenous Women; Abuse; Colonialism; Colonization