Principum & Satraparum Indiæ Occidentalis sepulturæ. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Principum & Satraparum Indiæ Occidentalis sepulturæ.
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.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Theodor de Bry (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23832
Language: lat
Source Name: Americae pars sexta. Sive Historiæ ab Hieronymo Be[n]zono Mediolane[n]se scriptæ, sectio tertia, res no[n] minus nobiles & admiratione plenas continens, quàm præcedentes duæ. In hacenim reperies, qua ratione Hispani opule[n]tisimas illas Peruani regni provincias occuparint, capto Rege Atabaliba: deinde orta inter ipsos Hispanos in eo regno civilia bella.
Parent Collection: 1596 Bry; 1596 Bry
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Peru; Incas; Incas – Kings and emperors; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites – South America; Burial; Tombs; Silver; Gold

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