Der Indianer Religion oder Gottesdienst. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Der Indianer Religion oder Gottesdienst.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Hispaniola; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Antilles, Greater; West Indies; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A large group of Indigenous people conduct a religious ceremony. One individual, dressed to reflect several different animals including an owl, snakes, a stag and wildcats, stands on a platform or altar inside a dwelling on the left. Two people offer strands of beads and a branch to this individual. Two other people wearing animal heads sit on altars further inside the building. Some of the Indigenous people sit on the ground inside the dwelling, some dance near the first altar, two play drums, and others arrive at the site in a long, dancing procession. Most of the individuals wear feathered headdresses, beaded jewelry, and other feathered adornments around their necks and waists.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23711
Language: ger
Source Name: Das vierdte Buch Von den neuwen Welt. oder Neuwe und gründtliche Historien, von dem Nidergängischen Indien, so von Christophoro Colombo im Jar 1492 erstlich erfunden
Parent Collection: 1594 Feyerabend; 1594 Feyerabend
Image: mta_23711_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans