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Title
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De Los Ingas Iavar Pampa Castigo Los Qve Mata Con Ponzona Hanpiyoc Collayoc Runa Uatoc
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Description
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This chapter is dedicated to discussing the justice and punishment systems of the Inca Empire. The author discusses five methods of punishment in detail, and this image represents the fifth punishment. This punishment was given to those who used potions and poisons to kill others. The author describes them as sorcerers. The sorcerers who were convicted of this crime were sentenced to death. Their entire lineage, apart from babies, were also sentenced to death to avoid future sorcerers. The author explains that these people were not granted burials and were left to be eaten by animals. This image depicts a sorcerer on the left side of the image about to be killed by an executioner on the right side of the image. The executioner is illustrated holding what appears to be either a long sword or a club. The words amatac ynca [No, Inca] are being spoken by the sorcerer as they hold up their hand in fear, while the executioner says uanuy runa micoc [die, man-eaters]. The sorcerer’s family is depicted lying dead on the ground after having already been executed. There is a small child still alive and crying in the bottom left corner.
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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:20479
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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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