[Indigenous Brazilians prepare an alcoholic beverage] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Indigenous Brazilians prepare an alcoholic beverage]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Village communities; Brewing
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; Fort Coligny; Rio de Janeiro; South America; Paris; France
Description: Four Indigenous women crouch around large pots on the ground. They chew roots (manioc/cassava) and then spit them into the vats, after which the concoction is boiled and strained. A woman holding a small child stands nearby watching. A man holding a bow and arrow also peers over the shoulders of the women. In the background two people tend to a large pot set over a fire, while another individual passes by carrying a large basket on their back. Several structures are also visible on the left and right.
Image Creator: Unknown (Engraver); Heirs of Maurice de la Porte (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23373
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, autremment nommée Amerique: & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1557 Paris; 1557 Paris
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Brazil; Indigenous peoples – Alcohol use – South America; Tupi; Tupinamba; Indigenous peoples – South America – Social life and customs; Village communities; Brewing

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