[The Tupinambá dismember a body for ceremonial cannibalism] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Tupinambá dismember a body for ceremonial cannibalism]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Cannibalism; Dismemberment; Indigenous cooking
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A human torso with both arms, head and one leg removed lies face down on the ground. One Tupinambá man removes the innards from an incision along the spine and sets them on a plate held by a woman while another man prepares to remove the final leg using a small axe or hatchet. Around the body three women hold the two arms and one leg, and a child holds the head. To the right there is a large pot set over a fire, and two women add innards and a head to the pot while another brings more firewood. A bearded European man stands behind the fire with his arms crossed over his chest, observing the group.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Hans Staden (Artist);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23272
Language: lat
Source Name: Americæ tertia pars Memorabile provinciæ Brasiliæ Historiam continēs, germanico primium sermone scriptum à Ioāne Stadio Hombergensi Hesso, nunc autem latinitate donatam à Teucrio Annaeo Priuato Colchanthe PO: & Med: Addita est Narratio profectionis Ioannis Lerij in eamdem Provinciam, quā ille initio gallicè conscripsit, postea verò Latinam fecit. His accessit Descriptio Morum & Ferocitatis incolarum illius Regionis, atque Colloquium ipsorum iodiomate consciptum.
Parent Collection: 1592 Wechel; 1592 Wechel
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Cannibalism; Dismemberment; Indigenous cooking

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