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Title
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Travaxa: Zara Carpai, Iaco Mvcchoy Rupay Pacha, Nobienbre, Aya Marcay 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 November which was a time for watering corn fields to ensure their growth. This was also a month of great heat which caused water shortages. The sun is shining bright above the Andean mountains with birds flying in the sky.There is an indigenous woman illustrated standing in a corn field that is organized in a grid pattern. She is taking care of the corn by watering them. The caption above her head reads carpac zipas comonidadta capcita rriega [young one who waters the community, sowing the fields]. There is a water irrigation system on the left side of the image which has water pouring out onto the field. The caption written on the water reads cocha yaco, agua del pozo para rregar [well water for irrigation]. The caption at the bottom of the image reads nouienbre, aya marcay [november, twelfth 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:24227
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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_24227_OBJ.jpg
mta_24227_OBJ.jpg