Nicaragensivm in svis saltationibus ritus. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Nicaragensivm in svis saltationibus ritus.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Nicaragua; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Indigenous dance – South America; Indigenous peoples – South America – Music; Drum; Horns; Rattles
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Nicaragua; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of Indigenous people in Nicaragua participate in festivities. Many dance and leap across the ground together. Several people on the left play musical instruments, including drums, a horn, and tambourines or rattles. Most individuals are nude, with some wearing loincloths, feathered skirts, or feathered headdresses. One man holds a fan of feathers in the air as he dances. This image is identical to one found on page 159 of Frankfurt, 1595, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Theodor de Bry (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23791
Language: lat
Source Name: Americæ pars Qvinta Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis secundæ sectionis Hispanorum, tum in Nigrittas seruos suos, tum in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq[ue] pirataru[m] de Hispanis toties reportata spolia, Aduentu[m] item Hispanoru[m] in Nouam Indiæ continentis Hispaniam, eorumq[ue], contra incolas eius regionis sæuitiam explicans.
Parent Collection: 1595 Bry; 1595 Bry
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Nicaragua; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Indigenous dance – South America; Indigenous peoples – South America – Music; Drum; Horns; Rattles

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