La Primera Historia de Las Reinas, Coia Mama Vaco Coia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Primera Historia de Las Reinas, Coia Mama Vaco Coia
Subject: Women; Important Queens; Queens; Inca Queens; Mama Waco Coya; Coyas; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This illustration depicts Mama Waco, the first Coya [Queen] and wife of the Inca kings. She married her son Manco Capac Inca and she was well respected in their kingdom. The author describes her to be incredibly beautiful and a practicing sorceress. She is depicted sitting in the centre of the image holding a mirror in her left hand with servants surrounding her. A servant on the right side of the image is shading Mama Waco, and the servants on the left side of the image are brushing her hair and tending to her nails. The words Reyno en el Cuzco are written at the bottom of the image, which translates to She ruled in Cusco.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20204
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_20204_OBJ.jpg