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Title
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Travaxo: Zara Pvcoi Zvvamanta Uacaychay Mita, Abril, Ynca Raymi 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 represents the month of April, which was a month dedicated to protecting growing corn fields from human and animal thieves. The moon in the top left corner demonstrates the image takes place at night. There is an indigenous man keeping watch over the corn fields in the top right corner. He is illustrated sitting in front of a small house and holding his hands up to a fire. The caption written beside his head reads, labrador, pachaca arariua [labourer, scarecrow]. At the foreground of the image, an indigenous man is depicted kneeling to keep himself hidden as he steals corn from the fields. The writing on his sack reads zara queuec zuua ladrón [thief who plucks corn]. There is a llama on the right side of the corn field taking corn with its mouth. There is writing on the llama’s neck which reads zuma llama [the thief’s llama]. There is a small city illustrated in the background of the image with birds flying over. The caption at the bottom of the image reads abril, ynca raymi [april, month of Inca feast].
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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:24203
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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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