There is a similar complexity to the positions of tupus, shawl pins, in South American history and pre-history. Long pins are seen on the engravings of Guaman Pomar de Ayala, a native Peruvian born shortly after the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire, in his manuscript, Nueva corónica y buen gobierno, completed in 1615, notably in the portrait of Cuci Chinbo Mama the sixth Coya, or wife, of the Inca Yupanqui.
Woman with a similar single pin placed horizontally with the head to the right are placed in scenes of the Inca hailing the start of the new solar year, planting the first seeds in August, and worshipping at the 400 metre high peak of Wanakari, amongst others. These pins have a variety of designs at the head.
Another Guaman Poma drawing of Coya Mama Huaco shows her wearing two round-headed pins, placed with round heads down, with holes poitioned between the centre of the head, and the start of the pin. This lady was the mother (or sister-wife) of Manco Capac, the first Inca wife, who sowed the first maize, taught women the art of weaving, and made stones and boulders speak. She was the daughter of the sun and the moon, and there are road in Lima named after her.