El Terzero Capitan Cvci Van Chire · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Terzero Capitan Cvci Van Chire
Subject: Cuci Uanan Chire; Captains; Inca Captains; Lloque Yupanqui; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Conquest
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This image depicts the third captain, Cuci Uanan Chire. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. He was the son of the third Inca king, Lloque Yupanqui Inca. The author explains that this captain had fought and conquered other Inca leaders. The captain is depicted standing on the left side of the image drinking from a cup in his right hand with another cup being held up with his left hand. His shield and axe are laying on the ground in front of him. There is a sun with a face in the top right corner of the image. The words hasta tanbo inca are written at the bottom of the image which translates to to tambo inca. This could be referring to the span of his conquests.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20235
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_20235_OBJ.jpg