Qua pompa Regina delecta Regem deseratur. XXXVII. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Qua pompa Regina delecta Regem deseratur. XXXVII.
Subject: Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous peoples – North America – Social life and customs; Indigenous peoples – North America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Florida; United States of America
Description: The chosen queen is carried on a litter by four men. Her body is decorated with paint or tattoos, and she wears strands of beads around her neck, arms and legs. Several men in front of the procession play large instruments, and a man walks on either side of the litter each waving a fan beside the queen. Behind the procession several women and men, the women carrying baskets and the men spears.
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:20523
Language: lat
Source Name: Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provicia gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam navigatione, duce Renato de Laudoniere classis praefecto. Anno M D LXIIII. Quae est secunda pars Americae. Additae figurae & incolarum eicones ibidem ad vivu expressae, brevis item Declaratio Religionis, rituum, vivendique ratione ipsorum
Parent Collection: 1591 Latin; 1591 Latin
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous peoples – North America – Social life and customs; Indigenous peoples – North America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua

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