[Indigenous Brazilian men chop down a tree] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Indigenous Brazilian men chop down a tree]
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Tree felling; Indigenous peoples – Implements – South America; Axes; Indigenous men – South America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: Three Indigenous Brazilian men are in the process of chopping down a tree. One man swings a hatchet at the trunk of the tree, while the other two gather logs or branches. One of the men wears a feathered headdress. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 117 of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter);Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer); Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23422
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, avtrement nommée Amerique, & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1558 Paris; 1558 Paris
Image: mta_23422_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Tree felling; Indigenous peoples – Implements – South America; Axes; Indigenous men – South America