Prestre de Secota. V. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Prestre de Secota. V.
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous men; Indigenous religious leaders; Clothing and dress; Indigenous peoples – Virginia; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North Carolina; North America; United States of America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Secota; Virginia
Description: An Indigenous man (a shaman/priest/religious man) is shown standing on the bank of a river, from the front and from behind. He wears a cape-like garment, is barefoot, and wears no other adornment. In the river behind him, other Indigenous people are shown in canoes.
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:20577
Language: fre
Source Name: Merveilleux et estrange rapport, toutesfois fidele, des commoditez qui se trouvent en Virginia, des facons des naturels habitans d'icelle, laquelle a esté nouvellement descouverte par les Anglois que messire Richard Greinuile chevalier y mena en colonie l’an.1585. à la charge principale de messire Walter Raleigh chevalier surintendant des Mines d'Estain, favorisé par la royne d'Angleterre, et autorisé par ses lettres patentes.
Parent Collection: 1590 French a briefe...; 1590 French a briefe...
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous men; Indigenous religious leaders; Clothing and dress; Indigenous peoples – Virginia; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina

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