Albero, che produce il cacauate, & come gl’Indiani di due legni cauano fuoco. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Albero, che produce il cacauate, & come gl’Indiani di due legni cauano fuoco.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Firemaking; Cacao; Cacao beans
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Venice; Republic of Venice; Italy
Description: An Indigenous person sitting on the ground is in the process of starting a fire by twirling a smaller stick against a log. Nearby there are two trees, the smaller one labelled ‘cacauate’ (a cacao tree) has several large seeds amongst its branches. In the background, a number of the seeds have been picked and laid out to dry on a blanket on the ground. This image is identical to one found on page 102 of Venice, 1565.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Heirs of Giovanni Maria Bonelli (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Heirs of Giovanni Maria Bonelli (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23686
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nuovo
Parent Collection: 1572 Benzoni; 1572 Benzoni
Image: mta_23686_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Firemaking; Cacao; Cacao beans