Agosto Chacra Iapvi Quilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Agosto Chacra Iapvi Quilla
Subject: Months; August; Harvest; Crops; Plowing; Agriculture; Inca Empire; Inca
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
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 August which was dedicated to plowing fields for agriculture. This image depicts a row of men shoveling to prepare the ground to sow in their seeds. There is an old woman on the right side of the image carrying a cup and there are women on the left side of the image looking at the men shoveling. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “tienpo de labransa hayllinmi ynca,” which translates to “time for plowing, Inca farmer’s dance.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20301
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_20301_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Months; August; Harvest; Crops; Plowing; Agriculture; Inca Empire; Inca