Codice albumBLB-F-068496

Image IDBLB-F-068496-0000

A weroan or great Lorde of Virginia'. An example of the rulers or chiefs in Virginia'. Engraving of a figure wearing a single apron-skirt of fringed deer skin, with a [puma?] tail hanging at the back, and a four-string necklace round his neck. He is elaborately painted on his face, neck, chest, upper arms, and calves. He holds a tall strung bow, and a quiver is attached at his waist.The figure is duplicated to show the rear view, and is set against landscape of figures hunting deer with bows and arrows, from 'Travels through Virginia' from Theodor De Bry's 'America', vol. I, 1590, after a drawing of John White by William Strachey, (England 1618), Sloane 1622, f.72, British Library, London

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