Indiana marauigliosa in Cumana. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Indiana marauigliosa in Cumana.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Indigenous peoples – Venezuela; Indigenous women; Colonists; Indigenous peoples – Jewelry – South America; Body art; Dinners and dining
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Cumaná; Venezuela, Northeast; South America; Venice; Republic of Venice; Italy
Description: An Indigenous woman with long hair, a ring through her nose and heavy earrings sits on a cluster of rocks under a man-made overhang. At her feet she has a basket of fruit that she has brought for four European men, who sit and stand around a nearby table to eat. The woman’s body is covered in a crosshatch pattern, possibly tattooed or painted on. This image is identical to one found on page 3 verso of Venice, 1565.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter); Heirs of Giovanni Maria Bonelli (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23678
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nvovo
Parent Collection: 1572 Benzoni
Image: mta_23678_OBJ.png