Inca thief and worker protecting crops
April: Work. The month of ripening maize; time to protect it against thieves'. A scare-the-birds worker sits by his fire but, hidden among the plants, a thief is filling his sack with cobs. On the right, the thief's llama is feeding
Picture No
11939112
Media ID
46079559
Size
3000px x 4000px
(5.6MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From El primer nueva cornnica y buen gobierno', (The First New Chronicle and Good Government), 1515. Artist: Poma de Ayala, Felipe de Guaman (c. 1550-1616, Quechua/Peruvian). Photograph: John Meek
Date
1515
