[An Indigenous Brazilian group participates in a ceremonial procession] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [An Indigenous Brazilian group participates in a ceremonial procession]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Horn (Musical instrument); Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; Indigenous weapons – South America; Featherwork
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: A large group of Indigenous Brazilian people take part in a long procession, possibly preceding or following a burial as part of a mourning practice. They first stop at a vat on the ground where they take a bowlful of the beverage inside. The group then proceeds towards their village and through several of the structures. Many members of the group wear feathered headdress, ornaments around their neck or waists, necklaces, and/or feathered capes. Many also carry bows, clubs, rattles, conch shells or other wind instruments, or pipes. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 83 of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter);Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer); Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23415
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, avtrement nommée Amerique, & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp; 1558 Antwerp
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Horn (Musical instrument); Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; Indigenous weapons – South America; Featherwork

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