[A Tupinambá ceremony] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Tupinambá ceremony]
Subject: Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Village communities; Dugout canoes; Cannibalism; Hammocks; Indigenous cooking; Bonfires; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Brazil
Description: A group of Tupinambá Indigenous people stand on the shore near their village. Part of the group forms a circle, with some of the individuals holding objects resembling rattles. Three people stand in the center of the circle. Several canoes have been pulled up along the shore. In the background there are two long structures, and two individuals lounge in hammocks. There is a large fire with a wooden frame over it, upon which several human limbs have been set to roast.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22939
Language: ger
Source Name: Warhaftige Historia vnd beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der Wilden, Nacketen, Grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen, in der Newenwelt America gelegen, vor vnd nach Christi geburt im Land zu Hessen vnbekant, biß vff dise ij. nechst vergangene jar, Da sie Hans Staden von Homberg auß Hessen durch sein eygne erfarung erkant, vnd jetzo durch den truck an tag gibt.
Parent Collection: 1557 Marburg; 1557 Marburg
Image: mta_22939_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Village communities; Dugout canoes; Cannibalism; Hammocks; Indigenous cooking; Bonfires; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi

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