Modo di ballare. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Modo di ballare.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Central America; Indigenous dance, Central America; Indigenous peoples - Central America – Social life and customs; Drum music; Alcohol
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Central America; Venice; Republic of Venice; Italy
Description: A group of Indigenous people engage in festivities with drinking, dancing and music. One person in the front right pours a beverage from one pot into another, while two people nearby drink. An individual on the left plays a barrel-shaped drum with drumsticks. In the background a group of people dance in pairs in a circle, with some individuals holding leaves or flowers. This image is identical to one found on page 103 verso of Venice, 1565.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Heirs of Giovanni Maria Bonelli (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Heirs of Giovanni Maria Bonelli (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23689
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nuovo
Parent Collection: 1572 Benzoni; 1572 Benzoni
Image: mta_23689_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Central America; Indigenous dance, Central America; Indigenous peoples - Central America – Social life and customs; Drum music; Alcohol