Indiana marauigliosa in Cumana. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Indiana marauigliosa in Cumana.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Cumaná; Venezuela, Northeast; South America; Venice; Republic of Venice; Italy
Description: An Indigenous woman with long hair, a ring through her nose and heavy earrings sits on a cluster of rocks under a man-made overhang. At her feet she has a basket of fruit that she has brought for four European men, who sit and stand around a nearby table to eat. The woman’s body is covered in a crosshatch pattern, possibly tattooed or painted on.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Francesco Rampazetto (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Francesco Rampazetto (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23659
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nuovo
Parent Collection: 1565 Rampazetto; 1565 Rampazetto
Image: mta_23659_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Indigenous peoples – Venezuela; Indigenous women; Colonists; Indigenous peoples – Jewelry – South America; Body art; Dinners and dining