Dezima Calle Qviravpi Cac Vava · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Dezima Calle Qviravpi Cac Vava
Subject: Quiraupicac Uaua; Babies; 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 is called quiraupicac uaua [baby in the cradle] and these were babies were two to five months in age. The author explains that the baby’s mother, relatives and siblings would care for the child as she grows. This image depicts a baby girl sleeping in a wicker cradle. The caption reads de edad de un mes, otro que le cirua, which translates to one month old, others serve her.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20293
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_20293_OBJ.jpg