[War procession of an Indigenous group from Newfoundland] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [War procession of an Indigenous group from Newfoundland]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Canada, Eastern; Processions; Indigenous weapons – North America; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – North America; Drums (Musical instruments); Indigenous peoples – Clothing – North America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Canada, Eastern; Canada; Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.); North America; Paris; France
Description: An Indigenous group from Newfoundland (as identified by the author) prepare to go to war. The group marches in a procession with large drums made from animal skins stretched over a wooden frame and bones as drumsticks. One man is carried on the shoulders of several others and holds a ceremonial weapon or other object. Most members of the group are barefoot and wear tunics, several have capes tied around their necks, and others wear headdresses of feathers or leaves. This image is identical to one found in Frankfurt, 1557.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter); Heirs of Maurice de la Porte (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23473
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, autremment nommée Amerique: & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp
Image: mta_23473_OBJ.png