COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03373
Record number:
03373-20
JCB call number:
J557 S776w1 [R]
Image title:
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Place image published:
[Marburg]
Image publisher:
[Andres Kolben]
Image date:
[1557]
Image function:
illustration; pt. 2 caput VII
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
5.4 cm.
Image dimension width:
10.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
18.7 cm.
Page dimension width:
11.1 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Method of sleeping among native Americans. Includes hammock with fire burning under it.
Source creator:
Staden, Hans, 16th cent.
Source Title:
[Warhaftige Historia und Beschreibung] Warhaftige Historia vnd Beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der Wilden Nacketen grimmigen menschenfressen Leuthen in der Newenwelt America gelegen
Source place of publication:
Gedrukt zu Marpurg [Marburg]
Source publisher:
Bei Andres Kolben off fastnacht
Source date:
[1557]
notes:
Hans Staden was a German soldier who traveled twice to Brazil on Portuguese ships. On his second trip in 1522, he was shipwrecked and captured by the Tupinamba, also known as the Tuppin Imba or Tupi, a cannibalistic Brazilian tribe.
Time Period:
1492-1600
References:
Tootal, A., trans. Captivity of Hans Staden, p. 127-126
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1866.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Brazil
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