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Title
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[Funeral and burial customs of an Indigenous Brazilian group]
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Description
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A group of Indigenous people are in the process of burying the body of a deceased man. The body has been bound with rope about the arms and wrists and has been placed into the grave in a kneeling position. Two men kneel on either side of the grave each gripping one of the deceased man’s arms and holding a basket over his head. Two different men shovel dirt into the grave, and a third stands at the head of the grave holding a rattle or ornament and wearing a feathered headdress. Three women, one with a child by her side, crouch around the grave with their hands over their faces in distress, and there are bows and a club on the ground near their feet, perhaps to be buried with the deceased. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 82 verso of Paris, 1557.
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Image Creator
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Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter);Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
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Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter)
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Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:23413
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Source Name
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Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, avtrement nommée Amerique, & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
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Image
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mta_23413_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Indigenous peoples – Brazil
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Tupi
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Tupinamba
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Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites – South America
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Burial customs
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Mourning
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Indigenous weapons – South America