La Primera Reina I Senora Capac Poma Gvallca · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Primera Reina I Senora Capac Poma Gvallca
Subject: Noble Women; Capac Huarmi Poma Hualca; Capac Warmi Poma Wallca; Apo Guaman Chaua; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Cinchaysuyu
Description: This illustration depicts the first lady of the region of Cinchaysuyu in the Inca Empire. Her name was Capac Huarmi Poma Hualca (also spelled Capac Warmi Poma Wallca). The author explains that this woman was beautiful and governed her region well. She was the wife of Apo Guaman Chaua, second in command of the Inca. She is depicted standing in the centre of the image with what appears to be a flower in her right hand and a small bag in her left.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20266
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_20266_OBJ.jpg