Dezimo Calle Qviravpi Cac · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Dezimo Calle Qviravpi Cac
Subject: Children; Babies; Cradle; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Quiraupicac
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Peru
Description: The author explains that there were ten paths for men to follow in the Inca Empire based on age division. This tenth path is called quiraupicac [cradle baby]. The group refers to babies from the age of one month old who must be cared for by their mother. The author also explains that this group is the last group division of Inca men. The image depicts a baby laying in a wicker cradle. The caption reads “de edad de un mes otro que le cirua” which translates to “one month old, others serve him.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20281
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20281_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Children; Babies; Cradle; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Quiraupicac