Pourtraict d’un Roy des Canibales. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Pourtraict d’un Roy des Canibales.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Paris; France
Description: An Indigenous king or chief is shown in portrait from the chest up. He wears a feathered headdress and has three pointed face stones – one in each cheek and one in his chin. He also wears multiple strands of beads around his neck. The man carries a bow and two arrows in his right hand and gestures with one finger raised with his left hand. This image is identical to one found on page 955 verso of Paris, 1575 (Chaudière).
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Pierre l'Huillier (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Pierre l'Huillier (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23520
Language: fre
Source Name: La Cosmographie Vniverselle d’André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy
Parent Collection: 1575 Huillier; 1575 Huillier
Image: mta_23520_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous chiefs – South America; Featherwork; Indigenous peoples – Jewelry – South America; Indigenous men; Indigenous weapons – South America