[Indigenous Brazilian man, woman, and child under a tree] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Indigenous Brazilian man, woman, and child under a tree]
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Fruit – Harvesting; Fruit trees; Indigenous peoples – Food – South America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: Three Indigenous Brazilians, a man, woman, and child, are shown under a tall tree with large fruit. The woman sits on a tree stump holding one of the fruits from the tree while the child stands nearby, also holding a large fruit. The man has placed one of the fruits on a nearby stump and stands bent over it. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 105 of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23421
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, avtrement nommée Amerique, & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp
Image: mta_23421_OBJ.png