La Dozena Coia Chvqvi Llanto · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Dozena Coia Chvqvi Llanto
Subject: Chuqui Llanto; Coyas; Inca Queens; Inca Kings; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This illustration depicts Chuqui Llanto, the twelfth Coya [Queen] of the Inca Empire. She was married to her brother, Huascar, the twelfth king of the Inca Empire. The author explains that she was known for being a beautiful woman and for raising birds, which is why there is a bird depicted in the image. The queen is illustrated sitting with her hands interlocked as she is being fanned by a servant. The words Comenso a rreynar y murio which translated to She began to rule and she died. The author says that this queen died when she died at the age of fifty-nine.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20232
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_20232_OBJ.jpg