Une noble Dame de Secota. IIII. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Une noble Dame de Secota. IIII.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North Carolina; United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Secota; Virginia
Description: An Indigenous woman is pictured standing on the bank of a river, from the front and from behind. She wears cuffs on her upper biceps and forearms, and on her calves. Her clothing consists of a fringed skirt tied around her waist, she is barefoot and shirtless. In the background behind her, other Indigenous people can be seen in canoes and fishing in the river. On the opposite bank of the river there is a forest.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);John White (Painter);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); John White (Painter); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:20575
Language: fre
Source Name: Merveilleux et estrange rapport, toutesfois fidele, des commoditez qui se trouvent en Virginia, des facons des naturels habitans d'icelle, laquelle a esté nouvellement descouverte par les Anglois que messire Richard Greinuile chevalier y mena en colonie l’an.1585. à la charge principale de messire Walter Raleigh chevalier surintendant des Mines d'Estain, favorisé par la royne d'Angleterre, et autorisé par ses lettres patentes.
Parent Collection: 1590 French a briefe...; 1590 French a briefe...
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous women; Indigenous Chiefs-North America; Clothing and dress; Indigenous peoples – Virginia; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina

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