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Title
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Qvinta Calle Cipascona
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Description
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The author explains that there were ten paths for women to follow in the Inca Empire based on age division. This group was called sipsacona [pretty young women]. These women were thirty-three years old and were deemed to be at a marriageable age. The author explains that no man could marry these women without their personal consent. A young woman with long hair is depicted standing in the centre of the image as she spins yarn. The caption on the image reads “de edad de treynta y tres años, donzelas para casar y acudan a la comunidad y sapci,” which translates to “thirty-three years old, maidens of marriageable age and aid the community and sapsi.”
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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:20286
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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_20286_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Sipsacona
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Young Women
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Maidens
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Inca Empire
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Inca
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Indigenous
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Indigenous Peoples
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Women