Conzejo Alcalde De Corte Hanan Cvsco Inga Capac Apo Vatac · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Conzejo Alcalde De Corte Hanan Cvsco Inga Capac Apo Vatac
Subject: Adminstration; Apo Cullic Chaua; Mascapaicha; Mascapaycha; Inca; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Hanan; Peru
Description: This chapter discusses the system of administrative officials in the Inca Empire. This image depicts an official in the Inca’s council named Apo Cullic Chaua. He was responsible for arresting lords who rebelled or committed crimes against the Inca. He is illustrated walking in an open area wearing a mascapaycha [imperial crown] to demonstrate his authority over the lords that he would arrest. The caption at the bottom of the image reads "alcalde de corte" [mayor of the court].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20557
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_20557_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Adminstration; Apo Cullic Chaua; Mascapaicha; Mascapaycha; Inca; Inca Empire; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples