[A captive is executed in the center of a Tupinambá village while other daily tasks are completed] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A captive is executed in the center of a Tupinambá village while other daily tasks are completed]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Executions and executioners; Dugout canoes; Village communities; Coastal settlements; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Chores
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A Tupinambá village is shown, comprised of five long structures arranged in a pentagram and surrounded by two fences, with skulls mounted on ling poles at the entrance. At the center of the village a captive man is about to be executed. He is restrained by two men, each holding one end of a rope that is tied around his waist. A third man stands behind the captive with a club raised above his head. The village is located near the coast. Women fetch water in pails and carry it into the village, and several canoes are pulled up along the shore. Men also hunt and bring firewood to the village.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23298
Language: ger
Source Name: Dritte Buch Americæ, Darinn Brasilia durch Johann Staden von Homberg auß Hessen, auß eigener erfahrung in Teutsch beschrieben. Item Historia der Schiffart Ioannis Lerij in Brasilien, welche er selbst publiciert hat, jetzt von newem verteutscht, Durch Teucrium Annæum Priuatum, C. Vom Wilden vnerhörten wesen der Innwoner, von allerley frembden Gethieren und Gewächsen, sampt einem Colloquio, in der Wilden Sprach.
Parent Collection: 1593 Bry
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