[An Indigenous Brazilian man chops down a tree] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [An Indigenous Brazilian man chops down a tree]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Paris; France; Fort Coligny
Description: An Indigenous man is in the process of chopping down a palm tree with a hatchet. Another man sits nearby sharpening a stick for an arrow or spear with a knife. A woman also sits nearby with a child on her lap. There is a single structure in the background.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Heirs of Maurice de la Porte (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Heirs of Maurice de la Porte (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23378
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, autremment nommée Amerique: & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1557 Paris; 1557 Paris
Image: mta_23378_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Tree felling; Axes; Indigenous weapons – South America; Indigenous peoples – Brazil