Terzera Señora Capac Ome Tallama · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Terzera Señora Capac Ome Tallama
Subject: Capacomi Tallama; Noble Women; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Collasuyu
Description: This image depicts the third lady of the region Collasuyu in the Inca Empire. Her name was Capacomi Tallama. The words colla suyo are written at the bottom of the image to identify Collasuyu as the region this image takes place in. The author explains that this woman was rich but very lazy. She is depicted standing in the centre of the image wearing a large cloak as a small dog jumps at her side.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20268
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_20268_OBJ.jpg