De Ingas Mango Capac Inga · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Ingas Mango Capac Inga
Subject: Indigenous Populations; Indigenous; Inca; Inca Empire; Manco Capac; Origins
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; South America; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies
Description: This image depicts the first father of the Incas, Manco Capac Inca. He is pictured wearing a feathered head garb and large ear plugs. He is holding a ceremonial ax in his right hand and a parasol in his left. His shirt has three stripes in the middle with distinct shapes on them. The author explains that Manco Capac Inca brought all of Cusco under his control and rule. It is believed that he lived to be 160 years old. The bottom of the image reads este ynga rayno solo el cuzco aca mama which translates to this Inca ruled over only Cusco (Acamama).
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20172
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20172_OBJ.jpg