[Conflict between two groups of Indigenous Brazilian people] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Conflict between two groups of Indigenous Brazilian people]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America; Indigenous weapons – South America; Bow and arrow; Horn (Musical instrument); Fire
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: Two groups of Indigenous Brazilians engage in conflict. Members of both groups are armed with bows and arrows and clubs, and some carry shields. Several individuals blow into long instruments resembling a type of horn, and at least one person blows into a conch shell. There are two structures visible in the background, one of which is on fire. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 73 verso of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23410
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_23410_OBJ.png