[Indigenous Brazilians cook and eat a meal] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Indigenous Brazilians cook and eat a meal]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous cooking; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Hammocks
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Paris; France
Description: A group of Indigenous men, women, and children gather around two large pots, one sitting on the ground and one resting on a fire. The group cooks and eats meat and fish. Two individuals sit in a large hammock while the rest sit and stand on the ground around the pots. One structure is visible in the background. This image is identical to one found in Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Heirs of Maurice de la Porte (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Heirs of Maurice de la Porte (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23441
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, autremment nommée Amerique: & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1558 Paris; 1558 Paris
Image: mta_23441_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous cooking; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Hammocks