Helen PughATTENTION: New podcast episode!
Transcript:
Contarhuacho was a curaca, a local leader, also called a cacique. She was of great importance and was a secondary wife of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. No information about her mother is known, but her father, Pomapacha, was the curaca of Hanan Huaylas.
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Contarhuacho also features in my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.
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