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Sacrificial rituals among the indigenous inhabitants of Florida
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Sacrificial rituals among the indigenous inhabitants of Florida

1721 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with two depictions of religious offerings by the original inhabitants of Florida, possibly the Utina. Above: women sacrifice a firstborn child to the sun. The mother of the child weeps by the altar. The other women dance around the child. Below: men sacrifice a deer to the sun. They have tied the animal to a tree trunk.

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Credit lineOfferrituelen bij oorspronkelijke bewoners van Florida. 1721. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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