XXII. Les sepultures des Seigneurs. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: XXII. Les sepultures des Seigneurs.
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous Chiefs – North America; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites - North America; Tombs; Indigenous peoples – Virginia; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North Carolina; United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire; Secota; Virginia
Description: A tomb is shown, where the chiefs of this Indigenous group are laid to rest. The tomb sits inside a larger structure. It is set on thick logs that elevate it off the ground. The bodies of the chiefs are laid out side by side on a platform on top of the poles. Walls and ceiling enclose the bodies. At the base of the tomb a man crouches beside a fire.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); John White (Painter); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:20595
Language: fre
Source Name: Merveilleux et estrange rapport, toutesfois fidele, des commoditez qui se trouvent en Virginia, des facons des naturels habitans d'icelle, laquelle a esté nouvellement descouverte par les Anglois que messire Richard Greinuile chevalier y mena en colonie l’an.1585. à la charge principale de messire Walter Raleigh chevalier surintendant des Mines d'Estain, favorisé par la royne d'Angleterre, et autorisé par ses lettres patentes.
Parent Collection: 1590 French a briefe...; 1590 French a briefe...
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Algonquians; Indigenous Chiefs – North America; Indigenous peoples – Funeral customs and rites - North America; Tombs; Indigenous peoples – Virginia; Indigenous peoples – North Carolina

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