alb5411151

Secotan Indians Dancing,16th Century

"The Virginian's manner of dancing at their religious festivals." Illustration of Secotan Indians in what is now North Carolina dancing round a circle of wooden posts, on the top of which are carved hooded human faces. Most of the group are wearing fringed apron-skins; their bodies decorated with body paint, and feathers in their hair. They hold twigs and gourd rattles. Three women in the centre are clasped closely together, facing inwards. Illustration by Theodor de Bry after John White, c. 1590. Although de Bry never set foot in the New World himself, he made many copies of watercolors by other artists, often making them look more European. The engravings are some of the earliest, if not necessarily the most accurate, surviving records of the Native Americans of the period.

Share
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Copy link
Email

Add to another lightbox

Do you already have an account? Sign in

You do not have an account? Register

Buy this image

Title:

Secotan Indians Dancing,16th Century

Caption:

"The Virginian's manner of dancing at their religious festivals." Illustration of Secotan Indians in what is now North Carolina dancing round a circle of wooden posts, on the top of which are carved hooded human faces. Most of the group are wearing fringed apron-skins; their bodies decorated with body paint, and feathers in their hair. They hold twigs and gourd rattles. Three women in the centre are clasped closely together, facing inwards. Illustration by Theodor de Bry after John White, c. 1590. Although de Bry never set foot in the New World himself, he made many copies of watercolors by other artists, often making them look more European. The engravings are some of the earliest, if not necessarily the most accurate, surviving records of the Native Americans of the period.

Credit:

Album / Science Source / British Library

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
Rights questions?

Image size:

3000 x 2494 px | 21.4 MB

Print size:

25.4 x 21.1 cm | 10.0 x 8.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1585 • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • ALGONQUIAN • ALGONQUIN • AMERICA • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN-INDIAN • ART • CULTURE • CUSTOM • DANCE • DEPICTION • FEMALE • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • INDIAN • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIGENOUS • INDIO • JOHN WHITE • MALE • MAN • MEN • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • NATIVE • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH CAROLINA • PERSON • REPRESENTATION • RITUAL • SECOTAN • THEODOR DE BRY • TRIBE • USA • WOMAN