Court of the Tartar Emperor, Brazilian Tapoeiers prepare their food Tartaric Keyzer / Empereur des Tartares and sa magnificence // Brasilian clothing / Brasilians, Tapuyers, etc (title on object) Oriental Indies and Occidentals and autres lieux (series title), Presentation in two parts. On the left the court of the Tartar emperor. A few Dutch envoys kneel between the four pillars to get an audience with the emperor. That emperor is at the top of the stairs behind a curtain. Some Brazilian Tapuiers prepare their food on the right. The Tapuiers were known for their cannibalistic traits, hence the limbs of human victims in the trees. In addition, two Tapuiers slaughter a crocodile. With a legend in Dutch and French. The print is part of an album, cannibalism, royal household, courtiers, retinue, train, crocodiles: crocodile, West Indies, East Indies, Romeyn de Hooghe, Leiden, 1682 - 1733, paper, etching, h 210 mm × w 339 mm
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