Qvarta Señora Mallco Gvarmi Timtama · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Qvarta Señora Mallco Gvarmi Timtama
Subject: Mallco Huarmi Timtama; Noble Women; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Condesuyu
Description: This illustration depicts the fourth lady of the region Condesuyu in the Inca Empire. Her name was Mallco Huarmi Timtama. The words conde suyo are written at the bottom of the image to identify Condesuyu as the region this image takes place in. The author explains that she came from a poor background but was still a good person. She is depicted standing in the centre of the image wearing a large cloak and holding a small bird in her right hand.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20269
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_20269_OBJ.jpg