[Agriculture near the Tupinambá village] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Agriculture near the Tupinambá village]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire
Description: An Indigenous village is shown, along with the fields nearby. On the right a man cuts down trees to clear the land. In the field beside the trees, two women with children on their backs tend to cassava (manioc) plants. On the left, two women carry harvested plants back to the village. The village is comprised of four long structures arranged in a square, surrounded by a fence. To the right of the village a bearded man kneels beside a cross.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22941
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
Image: mta_22941_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Village communities; Indigenous peoples – Agriculture – South America; Cassava; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil

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