Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Ceremonies by which the the Tuppin Ikins kill their enemies and eat them.]
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Accession number:
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08922
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Record number:
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08922-26
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JCB call number:
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J590 B915v GVL3.1a / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Ceremonies by which the the Tuppin Ikins kill their enemies and eat them.]
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Place image published:
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[Frankfurt am Main]
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Image publisher:
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[Theodor de Bry]
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Image date:
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[1593]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 86
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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16.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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19.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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35.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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23.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Scene of cannibalism in which native Americans butcher and prepare a feast. Women hold human limbs and prepare a soup from the bowels, a head, and heart. A bearded European man stands to one side. Also includes fan, ax or hatchet, dwellings.
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Source Title:
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[America. Pt. 3. German] Dritte Buch Americae, darinn Brasilia ... aus eigener erfahrun in Teutsch beschrieben
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Source place of publication:
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Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
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Source publisher:
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Theodori de Bry
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Source date:
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1593
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notes:
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Text describes how the Tupinambas prepare human beings for a feast. Image title translated from chapter heading on previous page. This volume contains accounts of Staden's two voyages made to Brazil, 1546 to 1548 and 1549 to 1555, and Jean de Léry's voyage to Brazil made from 1555 to 1558. De Bry included in this volume the account of Hans Staden, Wahrhaftige Historia ... in der Newenwelt America gelegen, Marburg, 1557, and Jean de Léry, Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil, La Rochelle, 1578, as well as two letters by Nicolas Barré dated 1552. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 3. German.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Church, E.D. Discovery, 181; Captivity of Hans Stade, Hakluyt Society, Series 1, vol. 51, p. 155-159
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References exhibitions:
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Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 24
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1865.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Captivity narratives
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Subject headings:
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Cannibalism--Brazil
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Rites and ceremonies
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