Le prisonnier est tué en la place publique. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Le prisonnier est tué en la place publique.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Paris; France
Description: An Indigenous man has been taken captive by another Indigenous group and is about to be executed. He is restrained by a rope tied around his waist, with each end of the rope held taut. The captive gestures emphatically with one arm, perhaps in admonishment. Another man stands in front of him holding a club raised over his head, poised to swing. A woman and child lie prostrate on the ground behind the captive. Groups of people stand on either side of the captive to watch the execution, most of the men holding bows, clubs, and/or shields. Several structures are visible in the background. This image is identical to one found on page 945 verso of Paris, 1575 (l’Huillier).
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Guillaume Chaudière (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Guillaume Chaudière (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23552
Language: fre
Source Name: La Cosmographie Vniverselle d’André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy
Parent Collection: 1575 Paris; 1575 Paris
Image: mta_23552_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Executions and executioners; Indigenous weapons – South America; Village communities; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America