Criollos I Criollas In[di]os · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Criollos I Criollas In[di]os
Subject: Spaniards; Creoles; Servants; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image depicts two creole servants of the Spaniards in Spanish colonial Peru. The man standing on the left side of the image is playing a mandolin and the woman on the right has her hands in the air as she dances to the music. The author criticizes creoles and believes that they become lazy gamblers and thieves who do nothing but get drunk and play music and sing. There are song lyrics written on the page which reads, chipchi llanto, chipchi llanto, pacay llanto, maypin caypi rrosas tica, maypim caypi chiccan uaylla, maypim, caypi hamancaylla [Light and shadows, light and shadows, hiding shadows, Where? Here, the roses. Where? Here, the wide pastures. Where? Here, the calla lilies]. The word fiesta [party] is written at the bottom of the image.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23750
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_23750_OBJ.jpg