[Indigenous Brazilian men pick fruit from a tree] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Indigenous Brazilian men pick fruit from a tree]
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Fruit – Harvesting; Fruit trees; Indigenous peoples – Food – South America; Indigenous men – South America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: Four Indigenous Brazilian men pick and gather fruit from a tree. One man has climbed the tree to pick fruit and drop it down into the arms of another man on the ground. Two other men at the base of the tree gather the fruit and put it into a basket for transport. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 120 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:23423
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_23423_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Fruit – Harvesting; Fruit trees; Indigenous peoples – Food – South America; Indigenous men – South America