[Tupinambá women prepare an alcoholic beverage] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tupinambá women prepare an alcoholic beverage]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Cassava; Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: A group of Tupinambá women is shown making a traditional alcoholic beverage using cassava (manioc) root. Three women in the bottom right corner sit on the ground and chew the roots. Behind them, there are two large pots on the ground, and three women scoop liquid from them into smaller bowls and pots. To the left, another woman tends a large cauldron set over a fire. In the background, men sit on the ground drinking from bowls and small pots. A woman passes a bowl to one of the men.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22990
Language: dut
Source Name: Warachtige historie ende beschrrivinge eens lants in America ghelegen, vviens invvoonders vvilt, naeckt, seer godloos, ende vvreede menschen eters sijn
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp; 1558 Antwerp
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Cassava; Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs

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