El Onze Capitan Rvmi Navi Traidor · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Onze Capitan Rvmi Navi Traidor
Subject: Ruminaui; Inca Captains; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Huayna Capac; Prince Yllescas; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Murder; Traitor
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This illustration depicts the eleventh captain, Ruminaui. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. The author describes him as a traitor due to his murdering of Prince Yllescas Inca, the son of Inca Emperor Huayna Capac. This image depicts his gruesome murder of the prince as he cuts open the prince’s abdomen while he is hung from his ankles. The words en quito mato ynga yllescas are written at the bottom of the image which translates to In Quito he killed Inca Yllescas.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20244
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_20244_OBJ.jpg