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Title
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[Two Tupinambá men]
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Description
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Two Tupinambá men are shown from the front. Both men are adorned with face stones on their cheeks and chins and tattoos or paint in dots all over their bodies. The man on the left wears a large necklace and carries a club decorated with feathers on one end. The man on the right wears a large feathered headdress and feather adornment around his waist and carries a bow and several arrows.
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Image Creator
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Hans Staden (Artist)
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Unknown (Woodcutter)
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Andres Kolben (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:22945
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Source Name
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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.
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Image
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Subject
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Tupi
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Tupinamba
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Tattooing
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Body art
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Bow and arrow
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Indigenous featherwork
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Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil