Maize planting, Inca
September: Work. The time to plant the maize'. Birds have to be scared away from the planting by night as well as by day. (Indicated by the moon and the sun.) This month, the time of the Festival of the Coya (Queen), pestilence and sickness are prevalent, and there is a shortage of food throughout the realm
Picture No
11939118
Media ID
46079565
Size
3000px x 4000px
(5.2MB)
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)
Date
1515
