[Naval conflict between two Brazilian Indigenous groups] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Naval conflict between two Brazilian Indigenous groups]
Subject: Tupinamba; Dugout canoes; Bow and arrow; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America; Colonists; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Bertioga; Brazil
Description: Two groups of Indigenous people approach each other in canoes. Each canoe has one archer in front, and each archer aims their bow at the opposing group. There is a European man in the canoe on the left in the back, aiming a gun. The rest of the Indigenous people in the canoes hold paddles. Two people have fallen into the water between the canoes. Two Indigenous settlements are shown on the shore in the background.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22935
Language: ger
Source Name: 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.
Parent Collection: 1557 Marburg
Image: mta_22935_OBJ.png