[Inside a village, Tupinambá women dance around a European man] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Inside a village, Tupinambá women dance around a European man]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous women – South America; Colonists; Village communities; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of Tupinambá women dance in a circle around a European man, who wears a feathered headdress and ratels around his calves. Two of the dancing women have infants strapped to their backs. The village, labelled ‘Uwattibi’, is comprised of five long structures arranged in a pentagram and surrounded by a fence.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Hans Staden (Artist);Theodor de Bry (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23286
Language: ger
Source Name: Dritte Buch Americæ, Darinn Brasilia durch Johann Staden von Homberg auß Hessen, auß eigener erfahrung in Teutsch beschrieben. Item Historia der Schiffart Ioannis Lerij in Brasilien, welche er selbst publiciert hat, jetzt von newem verteutscht, Durch Teucrium Annæum Priuatum, C. Vom Wilden vnerhörten wesen der Innwoner, von allerley frembden Gethieren und Gewächsen, sampt einem Colloquio, in der Wilden Sprach.
Parent Collection: 1593 Bry; 1593 Bry
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous women – South America; Colonists; Village communities; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies

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