[Execution of a prisoner in an Indigenous Brazilian village] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Execution of a prisoner in an Indigenous Brazilian village]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Executions and executioners; Indigenous weapons – South America; Village communities; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: An Indigenous man has been taken captive by another Indigenous group and is about to be executed. He is restrained by a rope tied around his waist, with each end of the rope held taut. The captive wears a feathered headdress and a necklace. Another man stands beside him holding a club raised over his head, poised to swing. There is a body lying on the ground behind the man with the club. Groups of people stand on either side of the captive to watch the execution, most of the men hold bows or clubs and at least one woman has a small child in a sling against her chest. Another woman crouches beside the prisoner with her hands over her face in distress. Several structures are visible in the background. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 76 verso of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23411
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
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