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Title
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[A man is killed, dismembered, and cooked by the Tupinambá]
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Description
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This image tells the story of a man’s death, dismemberment, and eventual cannibalization by the Tupinambá group. In the background of the image, the man lays in a hammock and is awoken by several Tupinambá people. On the left, the man kneels on the ground with two Tupinambá men at his sides holding each of his arms, while a third man standing in front of him holds a club above his head poised to fall. In the foreground, the man’s body is dismembered. Each of his limbs and his head have been removed, one arm lays on the ground and a child washes the head in a nearby pool of water. A bearded European man stands beside the men doing the dismembering and gestures towards them, perhaps in protest. In the center of the image, the man’s limbs lay on a wooden rack over a fire to grill while a woman watches.
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Image Creator
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Hans Staden (Artist);Theodor de Bry (Printer)
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver)
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Hans Staden (Artist)
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Theodor de Bry (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:23293
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Source Name
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Dritte Buch Americæ, Darinn Brasilia durch Johann Staden von Homberg auß Hessen, auß eigener erfahrung in Teutsch beschrieben. Item Historia der Schiffart Ioannis Lerij in Brasilien, welche er selbst publiciert hat, jetzt von newem verteutscht, Durch Teucrium Annæum Priuatum, C. Vom Wilden vnerhörten wesen der Innwoner, von allerley frembden Gethieren und Gewächsen, sampt einem Colloquio, in der Wilden Sprach.
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Image
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Subject
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Tupi
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Tupinamba
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Hammocks
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Indigenous cooking
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Cannibalism
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Executions and executioners
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Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil
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