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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
08984
Record number:
08984-156
JCB call number:
F706 A111n
Image title:
[Native American women and children eat intestines]
Place image published:
[Leiden]
Image publisher:
[Pieter van der Aa]
Image date:
[1706]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 15, [part 1], following p. 100
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
13.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
18.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
17 cm.
Page dimension width:
21.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native American women and children eat intestines and drink broth made from a human. Includes the head on a plate and scene of cannibalism.
Source Title:
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1524 tot 1526
Source place of publication:
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
Source publisher:
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
Source date:
1707
notes:
Text describes ceremonies by which the Tupinamba, also known as the Tuppin Imba or Tupi, kill and eat their captives. The women and children drink a broth made out of the intestines and head of the captive.This image follows the special title page for Hans Staden, De voorname Scheeps-togten van Jan Staden van Homburg in Hessen, na Brazil ... , Leiden, 1706, and is derived from Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, p. 66 & 128. This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.
Time Period:
1701-1750
References:
Captivity of Hans Stade, Hakluyt Society, Series 1, vol. 51, p. 136-137
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1849.
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:
Cannibalism--Brazil
Subject headings:
Tupinamba Indians
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Brazil

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