[Tupinambá group dances around a fire] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tupinambá group dances around a fire]
Subject: Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous dance – South America; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Brazil
Description: A group of Tupinambá people dance in a circle around a fire. There is a small open shelter with a thatched roof built over the fire. A few of the people dancing hold objects that resemble rattles, and several of the women have babies tied to their backs.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22955
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
Image: mta_22955_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous dance – South America; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi

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