Astrologo, Pveta Q[ve] Save Del Ruedo Del Sol y de la Luna y [E]clip[se] y de Estrellas y Cometas Ora, Domingo y Mes y Ano y de los Quatro Uientos Del Mundo Para Senbrar la Comida Desde Antigua · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Astrologo, Pveta Q[ve] Save Del Ruedo Del Sol y de la Luna y [E]clip[se] y de Estrellas y Cometas Ora, Domingo y Mes y Ano y de los Quatro Uientos Del Mundo Para Senbrar la Comida Desde Antigua
Subject: Astrology; Indigenous Peoples; Native Andeans
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image depicts a native Peruvian astrologer walking in front of a mountainous Andean landscape. He is using a walking stick with his right hand and holding a quipu in his left. A quipu was a stringed Incan device used to record and keep information. He is depicted wearing a hat and carrying a bag around his chest. The astrologers would study the sun, moon and stars to better determine when would be the best time to sow the fields for a good yield. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “astrologo” [astrologer].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23781
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_23781_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Astrology; Indigenous Peoples; Native Andeans