[Tupinambá people return to their village] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tupinambá people return to their village]
Subject: Tupinamba; Village communities; Dugout canoes; Bow and arrow; Cannibalism; Hammocks; Indigenous cooking; Bonfires; 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 returns to their village by canoe. In the center of the village two people are in the process of dismembering a human body. A torso and leg lay on the ground, one of the individuals holds a head, and another person walks towards a fire holding a leg. There are three fires, all of which have a wooden frame set over them. Human limbs sit on the frames, roasting over the fires. In the background two individuals lounge in hammocks, and two long structures are visible.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22936
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_22936_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupinamba; Village communities; Dugout canoes; Bow and arrow; Cannibalism; Hammocks; Indigenous cooking; Bonfires; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi

Media: mta_22936_OBJ.png