Old Print of The South American Botocudo Indian from Minas Gerais, Brasil, c1820

Name: Old Print of The South American Botocudo Indian from Minas Gerais, Brasil, c1820
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13009-128
Price: 245 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1820
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 21.5 × 28 cm (8.5 × 11 in)
Condition: Good
Places: Brazil, South America
Reference: BG-13009-128

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The chief of the Botocudos, Kerengnatnuck, and his family, an original copper engraving of c.1820 engraved by D. Veelwaard, with the Dutch title "Het Opperhoofd der Botocoedos Kerengnatnuck en zyn gezin" and a page reference to the book it came from at the lower right.

The Botocudo were a people of the forests of what is now the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and neighboring regions. The engraving shows the chief walking at the left, carrying a bundle of arrows and a bow over one shoulder, followed by his wife, who carries a large bundle and a child on her shoulders, and by a second child holding on to her hand. Both adults wear the large wooden plugs in lip and ears for which the Botocudo were named by the Portuguese. Palms and an agave rise around them, and a river and distant woods lie behind. The soft shading and the crisp line work are characteristic of early nineteenth-century Dutch travel illustration.

The source work is not named on the sheet beyond the page number, and the print was issued in the Netherlands for readers of travel accounts of Brazil.

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