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Title
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Travaxa: Chacramanta Pisco Carcoy Pacha Tienpo de Oxear de la Sementera en este Rreyno, Oma 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 depicts the month of October which was an important month for ensuring the safety of the newly sown corn, potato, and wheat crops. There is an indigenous man illustrated on the left side of the image standing in a field that is organized in a grid pattern. There are small crops beginning to grow in the field. There are birds walking on the fields and flying above as they try to eat the crops. An animal which appears to be a skunk is also depicted eating the crops. The native man is illustrated scaring the animals away from the crops by swinging a sling in his right hand and holding a long staff in his left. He also has a dog skin over his shoulders. The caption written above his head reads parian arariua pachaca [scares the sparrows]. The mountainous Andean landscape is visible in the background of the image with a shining sun in the top right corner. The caption at the bottom of the image reads otubre, oma raymi [october, eleventh 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:24226
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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_24226_OBJ.jpg
mta_24226_OBJ.jpg