Qvarto Calle Vncoc Rvna · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Qvarto Calle Vncoc Rvna
Subject: Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Disabilities; Illness; Oncoc Runa; Inca Empire
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Peru; Cusco
Description: The author explains that there were ten paths for men to follow in the Inca Empire based on age division. This fourth path was called oncoc runa [the sick]. This was a group of people with disabilities such as illnesses, injuries, loss of limbs, and blindness. Those who were capable of work would have duties such as serving, jesting, or farming. The man depicted in the image is illustrated with only one leg and a walking stick. The caption at the bottom of the image reads Estos dichos enfermos no tiene años por ser ajuntado los que pueden ciruir an de seruir a los prencipales which translates to these sick people were not grouped by age, those who can are to serve the nobles.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20273
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_20273_OBJ.jpg