Paracovssi, Roy de Platte · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Paracovssi, Roy de Platte
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Indigenous peoples – Kings and rulers; Headdresses; Indigenous weapons – South America; Fur
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Patagonia (Argentina and Chile); Pampas (Argentina); Argentina; Chile; South America; Paris; France
Description: Paracoussi is shown in portrait from the waist up. His torso is angled to his right and he gazes at the viewer. He wears a cap made from fur or feathers with an animal tail hanging from the top. Paracoussi also wears a thick tunic made from fur and a cloak tied at his neck. He carries a spear in his right hand and a circular shield decorated with the image of an eagle’s head in his left. Little is known about Paracoussi (Paracoussi may not even be this man’s name, but rather a title meaning chief or ruler), but he is believed to have ruled in the Patagonia region of South America, possibly up to the Rio de la Plata in the present-day Pampas region of Argentina.
Image Creator: Unknown (Engraver); Widow of Jacques Kerver (Printer); Guillaume Chaudière (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23579
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Vrais Povtraits et Vies des Hommes illvstres Grecz, Latins, et Payens
Parent Collection: 1584 Paris; 1584 Paris
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – South America; Indigenous peoples – Kings and rulers; Headdresses; Indigenous weapons – South America; Fur

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