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Title
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Travaxos: Zaramanta Oritota Carcoy Mitan, Marzo, Pacha Pocoy Quilla
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Description
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This image is reflected in the final chapter of Ayala’s chronicle where he provides a description of labours and festivals that occur in the rural areas of the Spanish colonial Andes during each month of the Inca calendar year. This image depicts the month of March, which was an important month for the growth of agriculture. There is an indigenous man depicted chasing away the many parrots flying over and sitting in the corn field. There is a dog on the left side of the image in the corn field and a dog on the back of the indigenous man helping their owner chase away the parrots. There is an indigenous woman in the background of the image walking towards her small home with a bundle of her harvest resting on her back. There is a child in the doorway of the house. There are clouds in the sky with rain falling from them to signify the growth of soil and vegetables. The caption written at the bottom of the image reads parian arariua oxeador [scaring away the parrots]. The caption written outside of the image border at the bottom reads marzo, pacha pucuy [march, the fourth month].
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:24202
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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mta_24202_OBJ.jpg
mta_24202_OBJ.jpg