Negros como los criollos
"Negroes like creoles" (caption translation). Title of drawing, translated: Creolized blacks steal money from their masters and give it to Indian prostitutes; shows an African man, fully clothed with cap and shoes, giving money to a barefoot Indian woman. Felipe Huaman Poma de Ayala (1535–c. 1616), also known as Guamán Poma or Wamán Poma, was a Quechua nobleman from southern Peru known for chronicling the ill treatment of indigenous groups in the Andes after the Spanish conquest. He wrote this over 1,200-page manuscript between 1600 and 1615. It included 398 full-page drawings - seven of which depict enslaved Africans. The original manuscript is in the Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen and a complete digital facsimile, which includes the drawings, is available The Guaman Poma website. The title translations we use are taken from the website. The drawing is in Chapter 25, image 277, of the original manuscript. See also Frederick P. Bowser, The African Slave in Colonial Peru, 1524-1650 (Stanford University Press, 1974), passim, for the historical context of this drawing.
Image Title
Negros como los criollos
RegID
SI-OB-1089
Date
1600-1615
Title
Negros como los criollos
Source
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, El primer nueva coronica y buen gobierno; edited by John Murra and Rolena Adorno with translations from Quechua by Jorge L. Urioste (Mexico, 1980; a facsimile edition), vol. 2, p. 669.
Language
Spanish
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Peru
Reproduced In
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, El primer nueva coronica y buen gobierno; edited by John Murra and Rolena Adorno with translations from Quechua by Jorge L. Urioste (Mexico, 1980; a facsimile edition), vol. 2, p. 669.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
Guaman669