Was die Weiber, so ire abgestorbene Männer beklagen, für Weiß führen. XIX. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Was die Weiber, so ire abgestorbene Männer beklagen, für Weiß führen. XIX.
Subject: Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous women; Indigenous peoples – North America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous peoples – Florida
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Florida
Description: Several Indigenous women are shown scattering a substance, possibly leaves or a grass, onto the ground. The women are mostly nude, although some wear a light skirt of grass tied around their waist. This illustration is identical to the one found on page 73 of Frankfurt 1591, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (Artist);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:21094
Language: ger
Source Name: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americæ, Von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Frantzosen in Floridam (die gegen Nidergang gelegen) gethan. Eine unter dem Hauptmann H. Laudonniere, Anno 1564. Die ander unter H. Ribald 1565. Die dritte, unter H. Guorguesio 1567. Geschehen.
Parent Collection: 1591 German; 1591 German
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous women; Indigenous peoples – North America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous peoples – Florida

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