[Two Indigenous Brazilian groups in conflict with each other] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Two Indigenous Brazilian groups in conflict with each other]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands; Fort Coligny
Description: Two groups of Indigenous Brazilians engage in armed conflict. Members of both groups wield bows and arrows and clubs, and some bite members of the opposing group. Most of the men in both groups wear feathered headdresses and adornments around their waists, and some wear necklaces. Several men have fallen to the ground. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 71 verso of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter);Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer); Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23407
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, avtrement nommée Amerique, & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp; 1558 Antwerp
Image: mta_23407_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America; Bow and arrow; Featherwork; Indigenous peoples – Brazil