Come gli Indiana colauano l’oro in bocca à gli Spagnuoli, & dell’habito che lor portano in diuersi lochi di terra ferma. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Come gli Indiana colauano l’oro in bocca à gli Spagnuoli, & dell’habito che lor portano in diuersi lochi di terra ferma.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Indigenous peoples – Panama; Torture; Dismemberment; Cannibalism; Bonfires; Indigenous peoples – Clothing – South America; Colonists
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Panama; South America; Central America; Venice; Republic of Venice; Italy
Description: A group of Indigenous people melt gold over a fire and then pour the molten gold into the mouth of a Spaniard who lays tied up on the ground. In the background, the body of a second Spaniard is being dismembered for cannibalism. One individual kneels beside a second fire that has been built to roast the limbs. The men in this group wear a garment tied around their waists that covers their genitals. This image is identical to one found on page 49 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:23681
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nuovo
Parent Collection: 1572 Benzoni; 1572 Benzoni
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Indigenous peoples – Panama; Torture; Dismemberment; Cannibalism; Bonfires; Indigenous peoples – Clothing – South America; Colonists

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