[Tupinambá women prepare a captive man to be executed] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tupinambá women prepare a captive man to be executed]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous weapons – South America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of Tupinambá women prepare for the ceremonial execution of a captive man. In the foreground, a woman kneels on the ground and paints or carves the end of a club while other women dance around her. In the background, another group of women dances around the captive man. He sits on the ground on a raised mound while a woman paints his head. He is restrained by a rope around his neck. Several of the women carry small children in baskets or slings tied to their backs.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Hans Staden (Artist);Theodor de Bry (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23300
Language: ger
Source Name: Dritte Buch Americæ, Darinn Brasilia durch Johann Staden von Homberg auß Hessen, auß eigener erfahrung in Teutsch beschrieben. Item Historia der Schiffart Ioannis Lerij in Brasilien, welche er selbst publiciert hat, jetzt von newem verteutscht, Durch Teucrium Annæum Priuatum, C. Vom Wilden vnerhörten wesen der Innwoner, von allerley frembden Gethieren und Gewächsen, sampt einem Colloquio, in der Wilden Sprach.
Parent Collection: 1593 Bry; 1593 Bry
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous weapons – South America

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