Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Title page]
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Accession number:
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0720
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Record number:
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0720-1
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JCB call number:
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J627 S776b
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Image title:
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[Title page]
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Place image published:
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t'Amsterdam
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Image publisher:
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Ghedruckt by Broer Iansz...
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Image date:
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1627
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Image function:
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title page
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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6.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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18 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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13.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Title page showing native Americans hunting and at war. Includes spear, shield, ax, bow, arrows, and scene of cannibalism or warfare, and a hut or shed where a butcher is preparing meat, in this case, human limbs.
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Source creator:
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Staden, Hans, ca. 1525-ca. 1576
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Source Title:
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[Warhaftige Historia und Beschreibung. Dutch] Hans Staden van Homborgs beschrijvinghe van America ...
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Source place of publication:
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t'Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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Ghedruckt by Broer Iansz. woonende op de nieu-zijdts achter-borchwal, by de brauwerije vande Hoybergh, inde Silvere Kan
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Source date:
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1627
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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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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Cannibalism--Brazil
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Subject headings:
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Staden, Hans, ca. 1525-ca. 1576--Captivity [1553-1554]
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Brazil
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