[Tupinambá celebration with drinking and dancing] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tupinambá celebration with drinking and dancing]
Subject: Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Rites and ceremonies; Indigenous dance – South America; Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Brazil
Description: A group of Tupinambá people participate in a celebration. Some members of the group smoke pipes while others drink out of bowls, all sitting on the ground in a large group. Many of the men wear feathered headdresses of various sizes. At the top of the image a group of people dance in a line holding objects that resemble rattles. At the bottom of the image there are four large pots on the ground, likely holding an alcoholic beverage that is shared amongst the group. To the right of the jars, a man crouches on the ground, appearing to vomit.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22956
Language: ger
Source Name: Warhaftige Historia vnd beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der Wilden, Nacketen, Grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen, in der Newenwelt America gelegen, vor vnd nach Christi geburt im Land zu Hessen vnbekant, biß vff dise ij. nechst vergangene jar, Da sie Hans Staden von Homberg auß Hessen durch sein eygne erfarung erkant, vnd jetzo durch den truck an tag gibt.
Parent Collection: 1557 Marburg
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