Ivlio Chacra Ricvi Chacra Cvnacvi Chava Varqvm Quilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ivlio Chacra Ricvi Chacra Cvnacvi Chava Varqvm Quilla
Subject: Months; July; Sacrifice; Harvest; Crops; Llama; Guinea Pigs; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This chapter is dedicated to discussing the traditions and rituals of each month during the Inca Empire. The Incas tracked the months and years through the stars and their months consisted of thirty days. This image depicts the month of July. During the month of July, agricultural lands were inspected in order to be distributed amongst the Inca Empire. The author explains that llamas and guinea pigs were burned in a public square as a sacrifice to the sun and rains so that their crops would not get damaged. This was the month that farmers would sow their crops. This image depicts the sacrifice of llamas and guinea pigs. There is one man sitting on the left side of the image and another man standing on the right side of the image. They appear to be keeping the fire lit for their sacrifices. The sun is depicted shining through the smoke of the fire. The caption on the image reads “ualla uiza pontifize sacreficio,” which translates to “priest sorcerer pontiff, sacrifice.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20300
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_20300_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Months; July; Sacrifice; Harvest; Crops; Llama; Guinea Pigs; Inca Empire; Inca; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples

Media: mta_20300_OBJ.jpg