Come gli Indiana colauano l’oro in bocca a gli Spagnuoli, e dell’habito che lor portano in diuersi lochi di terra Ferma. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Come gli Indiana colauano l’oro in bocca a gli Spagnuoli, e dell’habito che lor portano in diuersi lochi di terra Ferma.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Panama; Torture; Dismemberment; Cannibalism; Bonfires; Indigenous peoples – Clothing – South America; Colonists
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Panama; Central America; South America; Venice; Republic of Venice; Italy
Description: A group of Indigenous people melt gold over a fire and then pour the molten gold into the mouth of a Spaniard who lays tied up on the ground. In the background, the body of a second Spaniard is being dismembered for cannibalism. One individual kneels beside a second fire that has been built to roast the limbs. The men in this group wear a garment tied around their waists that covers their genitals.
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter); Francesco Rampazetto (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23663
Language: ita
Source Name: La Historia del Mondo Nuovo
Parent Collection: 1565 Rampazetto
Image: mta_23663_OBJ.png