Terzera Edad de Indios Pvrvn Rvna · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Terzera Edad de Indios Pvrvn Rvna
Subject: Purun Runa; Indigenous; Indigenous Populations; Colonization; Colonialism; Religion
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; West Indies; South America
Description: This image depicts the third age of the indigenous people of Peru, whom the author calls the Purun Runa. He explains that they were a simple people and did not involve themselves in much but were devout to God. The person on the left side of the illustration is identified as “puron uarmi,” which translates to “purun woman” and the man on the right side of the image is identified as “puron runa” which means “purun man.” There are words written by their feet which reads “en este reyno de las yndias,” which translates to “in this kingdom of the Indians.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20159
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_20159_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Purun Runa; Indigenous; Indigenous Populations; Colonization; Colonialism; Religion