[Facial adornment of a Tupinambá man] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Facial adornment of a Tupinambá man]
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples of South America - Costume and adornment; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire
Description: An Indigenous man of the Tupinambá group is shown from the chest up, in order to provide an example of facial adornments worn by members of the group. The man’s head is mostly shaved with an area of hair on the crown of his head. His head is spotted with paint or tattoos. He has face stones on his cheeks and chin, and examples of the stones are shown on the right side of the image.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22952
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
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples of South America - Costume and adornment; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil

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