Wie herrlich die Fürsten und Fürstliche Diener in den Occidentalischen Indien zur Erden bestattet werden. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Wie herrlich die Fürsten und Fürstliche Diener in den Occidentalischen Indien zur Erden bestattet werden.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Peru; Incas; Incas – Kings and rulers; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites – South America; Burial; Tombs; Silver; Gold
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Peru; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of Inca people in Peru bury one of their Emperors. They have dug a large, rectangular hole in the ground for the burial. The body of the Emperor has been laid out along one side of the grave, and the rest of the space is filled with food, jewelry, and gold and silver ornaments and vessels. A man kneeling in the grave lays down a feathered cloak or blanket. A large group of mourners gather along one side of the burial, many holding their hands clasped together. Several individuals wear feathered cloaks or skirts, including a woman kneeling in the grave. In the distance, a walled city is visible. This image is identical to one found on page 26 (161) of Frankfurt, 1596.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Johann Feyerabend (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23857
Language: ger
Source Name: Das sechste Theil der neuwen Welt. oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt, Das Dritte Buch. Darinnen warhafftig erzehlet wird, wie die Spanier die Goldreiche Landschafften deß Peruanischen Königreichs eyngenommen, den König Atabalibam gefangen und getödtet. Auch wie sie, entlich sich selbst untereinander auffgerieben haben.
Parent Collection: 1597 Frankfurt; 1597 Frankfurt
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Peru; Incas; Incas – Kings and rulers; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites – South America; Burial; Tombs; Silver; Gold

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