Week 3 Flashcards
terms and picture
Francisco Chivantito, Virgin of Montserrat, 1693, oil on canvas, 9 X 13 ft. (3 X 4 m). Church of Nuestra Señora de Montserrat,
Chinchero
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khipus or quipus
knotted and
colored strings for record
keeping
mestizo
mixed, or half
Indian/half Spanish
Tawantinsuyu
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts
Capac apo
hese captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes.
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
About 80 years old when he completed… Wrote the Chronicle as a letter to the king of pain. However, it did not reach the king.
Guaman Poma, Accountant and Treasurer of the Tawantinsuyu, from Nueva
The accountant and treature of TAwantinsuyu (Inca view of their Empire). He draws towards the Khipus/ quipos which is a system of record keeping the Inca used. The Europeans could not understand it.
Guaman Poma, The sacrament of confession
Kinda giving himself a self-portriant, portraying himself as a good catholic. He isn’t showing himself as a European person but still maintains his culture with the haircut indigenous people wore. He is referencing thee strings in Inca culture.
Guaman Poma, father Martic de ayala, from nueva crónico
claims his father was a descent of inca. His mother was he daughter of the 10th Inca ruler. They are kneeling before a priest which is guaman pomas half-brother.