Comme les femmes des Sauuages font leur breuuage. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Comme les femmes des Sauuages font leur breuuage.
Subject: Indigenous peoples- Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Brewing; Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; ndigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Village communities
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Paris; France
Description: A group of Indigenous women crouch around large pots on the ground. They chew roots (manioc/cassava) and then spit them into the vats, after which the concoction is boiled and strained. A woman by the pot on the right carries a large basket on her back full of more roots. Two men, one holding a bow and the other a spear, stand talking just behind the women. In the background, two people tend a large pot over the fire where the beverage is being boiled. Another individual walks by carrying a large container on their back. One structure is also visible in the background. This image is identical to one found on page 917 of Paris 1575 (l’Huillier).
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Guillaume Chaudière (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Guillaume Chaudière (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23533
Language: fre
Source Name: La Cosmographie Vniverselle d’André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy
Parent Collection: 1575 Paris; 1575 Paris
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples- Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Brewing; Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; ndigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Village communities

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