[Cannibalism amongst Indigenous Brazilians] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Cannibalism amongst Indigenous Brazilians]
Subject: Cannibalism; Dismemberment; Axes; Fire; Indigenous cooking; Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands; Fort Coligny
Description: A group of Indigenous Brazilians engage in cannibalism. A man on the left uses a hatchet to dismember a human body. Several limbs and torsos lie scattered on the ground around the group. A wooden frame has been erected over a fire, and an arm sits on the frame to roast over the fire. There is a structure on the left, and a dismembered head mounted on a long pole sticks out the window. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 77 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:23412
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
Image: mta_23412_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Cannibalism; Dismemberment; Axes; Fire; Indigenous cooking; Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba