XVIII. Virginiensium saltandi ratio solennibus festis. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: XVIII. Virginiensium saltandi ratio solennibus festis.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – North Carolina; Algonquians; Bonfires; Indigenous peoples-North America-Rights and ceremonies; Clothing and dress; Indigenous dance – North America; Indigenous peoples – Virginia
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Virginia; North Carolina; United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Secota
Description: A group of Indigenous people are shown engaging in a dance. Three individuals embrace, and others dance in a circle around them. Some hold branches and other plants and objects in their hands. The circle is partially formed by wooden posts stuck into the ground. These posts have faces carved into the top of them, facing into the center of the dance circle.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); John White (Painter); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:21300
Language: lat
Source Name: Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiæ, nuper admodum as Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D.LXXXV deducti sunt inventæ, sumtus faciente Dn. Waltero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinaru stanni præfecto ex auctoritate serenissimæ reginæ angliæ.
Parent Collection: 1590 Latin a briefe...
Image: mta_21300_OBJ.png