[A Tupinambá man with face stones holds a rattle in front of a table] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A Tupinambá man with face stones holds a rattle in front of a table]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Headdresses; Body marking; Hammocks
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: An Tupinambá man is shown standing behind a table. He wears a feathered headdress and face stones in his cheeks and chin and holds a large rattle in one hand. There are several face stones and a feathered headdress sitting on the table in front of him. In the background another person lays in a hammock.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22996
Language: dut
Source Name: Warachtige historie ende beschrrivinge eens lants in America ghelegen, vviens invvoonders vvilt, naeckt, seer godloos, ende vvreede menschen eters sijn
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp; 1558 Antwerp
Image: mta_22996_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Headdresses; Body marking; Hammocks