Segunda Edad de Indios Vari Rvna · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Segunda Edad de Indios Vari Rvna
Subject: Wari Runa; Indigenous; Indigenous Populations; Colonization; Colonialism; Religion
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; West Indies; South America
Description: This illustration depicts the second age of the indigenous people of Peru, who the author calls the Wari Runa. The author stresses that these people are different than their ancestors as they began to build stone huts as opposed to living in caves and under cliffs. Therefore, there is a depiction of a small stone hut house in the image. The word “pucullo” is written on the house, which translates to “small house.” There is a man pictured kneeling with his hands together in prayer and looking up to the sky. There are words above his head which read “pacha camac maypim canqui,” which translates to “where are you father?” There are words at the bottom of the image by the man’s feet which reads, “en este reyno de las Yndias” and that translates to “in this kingdom of the Indians.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20158
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_20158_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Wari Runa; Indigenous; Indigenous Populations; Colonization; Colonialism; Religion

Media: mta_20158_OBJ.jpg