[War procession of an Indigenous group from Newfoundland] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [War procession of an Indigenous group from Newfoundland]
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Canada, Eastern; Processions; Indigenous weapons – North America; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – North America; Drums (Musical instruments); Indigenous peoples – Clothing – North America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.); Canada, Eastern; Canada; North America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: An Indigenous group from Newfoundland (as identified by the author) prepare to go to war. The group marches in a procession with large drums made from animal skins stretched over a wooden frame and bones as drumsticks. One man is carried on the shoulders of several others and holds a ceremonial weapon or other object. Most members of the group are barefoot and wear tunics, several have capes tied around their necks, and others wear headdresses of feathers or leaves. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 164 of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23428
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_23428_OBJ.png