[Two Brazilian Indigenous groups, one group in canoes and the other on land, attack each other] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Two Brazilian Indigenous groups, one group in canoes and the other on land, attack each other]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Brazil; Bertioga
Description: Two groups of Indigenous people are shown attacking each other. One group stands on an island near the coast, while the other group is divided into four canoes and attacks from the water. Both groups are armed with bows and arrows, and both are accompanied by a European wielding a gun. On the mainland in the background there are scattered settlements and buildings.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22914
Language: ger
Source Name: Warhaftige Historia vnd beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der Wilden, Nacketen, Grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen, in der Newenwelt America gelegen, vor vnd nach Christi geburt im Land zu Hessen vnbekant, biß vff dise ij. nechst vergangene jar, Da sie Hans Staden von Homberg auß Hessen durch sein eygne erfarung erkant, vnd jetzo durch den truck an tag gibt.
Parent Collection: 1557 Marburg; 1557 Marburg
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America; Bow and arrow; Dugout canoes; Atlantic coast – South America; Colonists; Coast defenses; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi

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