Mulierum, quarum mariti vel in bello caesi, aut morbo sublati postulata à Rege. XVIII. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mulierum, quarum mariti vel in bello caesi, aut morbo sublati postulata à Rege. XVIII.
Subject: Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous women; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – North America; Indigenous peoples – North America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire; Florida; United States of America
Description: A group of Indigenous women crouch close to the ground with their hands covering their faces, in front of the chief. The chief wears a headdress with a large feather and animal tail hanging from the back, a round plate against his chest, a loincloth with small ovals hanging from it, and jewelry featuring the same small ovals around his upper arms and below his knees. His body is covered in designs, and he gazes down at the woman. In the background, a group of settlers stand together holding rifles. To the left of the group, a group of Indigenous men stand holding bows and arrows and clubs.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate Engraving
Identifier: mta:20347
Language: lat
Source Name: Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provicia gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam navigatione, duce Renato de Laudoniere classis praefecto. Anno M D LXIIII. Quae est secunda pars Americae. Additae figurae & incolarum eicones ibidem ad vivu expressae, brevis item Declaratio Religionis, rituum, vivendique ratione ipsorum
Parent Collection: 1591 Latin
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