Pręstigiator. XI. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Pręstigiator. XI.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Virginia; North Carolina; United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Secota
Description: An Indigenous man, called a conjurer or trickster by the author, is shown standing on the bank of a river. He wears a black bird in his short hair as a symbol of his position. His only clothing is a hide tied around his waist, and a satchel hangs at his side. Behind him, other Indigenous people are seen in a canoe, hunting water birds with a bow and arrow.
Image Creator: Gysbrecht van Veen (Gijsbert van Veen) (Engraver);John White (Painter);Johann Wechel (Printer); Gysbrecht van Veen (Gijsbert van Veen) (Engraver); John White (Painter); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:21278
Language: lat
Source Name: Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiæ, nuper admodum as Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D.LXXXV deducti sunt inventæ, sumtus faciente Dn. Waltero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinaru stanni præfecto ex auctoritate serenissimæ reginæ angliæ.
Parent Collection: 1590 Latin a briefe...; 1590 Latin a briefe...
Image: mta_21278_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina; Indigenous men; Spirituality-Indigenous-North America; Clothing and dress; Indigenous peoples – Virginia

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