[Aerial view of an Indigenous village] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Aerial view of an Indigenous village]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: An Indigenous village is shown from above. The village is located close to the coast and is comprised of four long structures arranged in a circle. The village is surrounded by both an inner and outer fence. The inner fence follows the angles of the structures within it, and the outer fence is a simple circle. There are several long poles with skulls mounted on the ends of them at both entrances in the outer fence. A group of Indigenous people are shown in the center of the village, and three canoes are anchored along the coast.
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:22984
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_22984_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Village communities; Coastal settlements