Von der grossen Herrn in Virginia Begräbnuß. XXII. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Von der grossen Herrn in Virginia Begräbnuß. XXII.
Subject: Indigenous people – North Carolina; Algonquians; Indigenous Chiefs – North America; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites - North America; Tombs; Indigenous people – Virginia
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Virginia; North Carolina; United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Secota
Description: A tomb is shown, where the chiefs of this Indigenous group are laid to rest. The tomb sits inside a larger structure. It is set on thick logs that elevate it off the ground. The bodies of the chiefs are laid out side by side on a platform on top of the poles. Walls and ceiling enclose the bodies. At the base of the tomb a man crouches beside a fire.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);John White (Painter);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); John White (Painter); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:21435
Language: ger
Source Name: Wunderbarliche, doch Warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia, welche newlich von den Engelländern, so im Jar 1585. Vom Herrn Reichard Greinuile, einem von der Ritterschafft, in gemeldte Landschafft die zu bewohnen geführt waren, ist erfunden worden, in verlegung H. Walter Raleigh, Ritter und Obersten dess Zinbergwercks, auss vergünstigung der Durchleuchtigsten unnd Unuberwindlichsten, Elisabeth Königin in Engelland
Parent Collection: 1590 German; 1590 German
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous people – North Carolina; Algonquians; Indigenous Chiefs – North America; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites - North America; Tombs; Indigenous people – Virginia

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