[A European man stands captive in the entrance of an Indigenous structure] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A European man stands captive in the entrance of an Indigenous structure]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Colonists; Captivity; Village communities
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: A European man stands captive in the entrance of a structure. He is nude, and his legs are bound with rope. Four Indigenous people stand around him and gesture towards him. The outside of the structure is covered in large leaves.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22995
Language: dut
Source Name: Warachtige historie ende beschrrivinge eens lants in America ghelegen, vviens invvoonders vvilt, naeckt, seer godloos, ende vvreede menschen eters sijn
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp
Image: mta_22995_OBJ.png