Capitvlo Primero Entiero Del Inga Inca Illapa Aia Defvnto · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Capitvlo Primero Entiero Del Inga Inca Illapa Aia Defvnto
Subject: Burial; Funeral; Processions; Embalming; Inca; Coya; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; South America; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies
Description: This image depicts the traditional burial ceremony of the Inca. The Inca and his coya [queen] would have their bodies embalmed and dressed in garments to make them look alive. The dead Inca and the coya are depicted sitting on the right side of the image. The author explains that the Inca would be mourned for a month and then taken to the pucullo [tomb] to be buried. The pucullo is depicted in the background of the engraving with a skeleton in the window. The figures on the left side of the image are depicted making liquid offerings to the dead Inca and his coya. The caption yllapa defunto [deceased Inca] is written beside the Inca. The word entierro [burial] is written at the bottom of the image.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20448
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_20448_OBJ.jpg