Przedstawienia brazylijskich kobiet kanibali w Americae Tertia Pars (1592) (original) (raw)

Sztuka Ameryki Łacińskiej

Abstract

In 1592 Theodoro De Bry published la Americæ Tertia Pars, the work based on German traveler Hans Staden (1557) and French Jean de Léry (1578) narratives involved in expeditions to Brazilian land and describing inhabitants of the visiting territories.The prints illustrating the third part of the work are presenting Hans Staden’s peripeteia – abduction, captivity and his life among Indian Tupinambá. Local customs: dances, feasts, wars and most of all cannibal rituals, are shown on the prints. The article contains an analysis of thse rituals in which eldery Indian women used to take part.

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