[Indigenous Brazilian women on land in conflict with Indigenous Brazilian men in canoes] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Indigenous Brazilian women on land in conflict with Indigenous Brazilian men in canoes]
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Amazons; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America; Indigenous weapons – South America; Dugout canoes
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: A group of Indigenous Brazilian woman, called ‘Amazons’ by the author, fight against a group of Indigenous Brazilian men who attack from the water. The women fight with bows and arrows, spears and shields, while the men in canoes use bows and arrows and clubs. The women are unadorned with their hair worn unbound. Some of the men wear feathered headdresses. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 124 verso 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:23424
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; Amazons; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America; Indigenous weapons – South America; Dugout canoes

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