[The Tupinambá dismember a body for ceremonial cannibalism] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Tupinambá dismember a body for ceremonial cannibalism]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Cannibalism; Dismemberment; Indigenous cooking
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A human torso with both arms, head and one leg removed lies face down on the ground. One Tupinambá man removes the innards from an incision along the spine and sets them on a plate held by a woman while another man prepares to remove the final leg using a small axe or hatchet. Around the body three women hold the two arms and one leg, and a child holds the head. To the right there is a large pot set over a fire, and two women add innards and a head to the pot while another brings more firewood. A bearded European man stands behind the fire with his arms crossed over his chest, observing the group.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23302
Language: ger
Source Name: Dritte Buch Americæ, Darinn Brasilia durch Johann Staden von Homberg auß Hessen, auß eigener erfahrung in Teutsch beschrieben. Item Historia der Schiffart Ioannis Lerij in Brasilien, welche er selbst publiciert hat, jetzt von newem verteutscht, Durch Teucrium Annæum Priuatum, C. Vom Wilden vnerhörten wesen der Innwoner, von allerley frembden Gethieren und Gewächsen, sampt einem Colloquio, in der Wilden Sprach.
Parent Collection: 1593 Bry
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