Novena Calle Llvcac Vamra · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Novena Calle Llvcac Vamra
Subject: Llucac Uamra; Babies; Children; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: The author explains that there were ten paths for women to follow in the Inca Empire based on age division. This group was called llucac uamra [baby girls that crawl] and they were aged between one and two years old. The author explains these babies had no obligations and they were to be cared for by their mothers and the community. The image depicts a baby girl who is crawling on all fours. She is illustrated wearing a head garb with tassels on it. A dog is laying behind her. The caption on the image reads de edad de un añp, cin prouecho, which translates to one year old, does not work.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20292
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_20292_OBJ.jpg