S[an]ta Bvena Obra de Misericordia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: S[an]ta Bvena Obra de Misericordia
Subject: Parish Priests; Funerals; Colonialism; Colonization; Indigenous Peoples; Government; Christianity
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses the Christian priests in the colonial government in Peru. This image depicts a funeral procession lead by a priest. The coffin is on the far-left side of the image and the priest is on the right side of the image. There is an indigenous person near the coffin who is illustrated holding a large crucifix which is resting on the ground. There is a banner being held by a person standing near the priest. The banner is dark and has skull and bones drawn on to it to symbolize the funeral. There is another banner on the left side of the image also depicted with a skull and bones.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23584
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_23584_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Parish Priests; Funerals; Colonialism; Colonization; Indigenous Peoples; Government; Christianity