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Title
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[A Tupinambá group practices cannibalism]
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Description
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A group of Tupinambá people are shown engaging in cannibalism. In the foreground a man holds a dismembered torso over a fire – a small hatchet is on the ground beside the man. To the right of the fire a woman holds a dismembered leg in the air and to the left another woman holds an arm. A group of Indigenous men and women observes the torso being held over the fire. A woman in this group holds a dismembered leg in the air, and another person holds an arm.
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Image Creator
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Hans Staden (Artist)
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Unknown (Woodcutter)
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Andres Kolben (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:22959
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Source Name
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Warhaftige Historia vnd beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der Wilden, Nacketen, Grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen, in der Newenwelt America gelegen, vor vnd nach Christi geburt im Land zu Hessen vnbekant, biß vff dise ij. nechst vergangene jar, Da sie Hans Staden von Homberg auß Hessen durch sein eygne erfarung erkant, vnd jetzo durch den truck an tag gibt.
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Image
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