Man and Woman Eating,(Whole folio Engraving of two figures seated on a strip of matting,eating with their right hands from a large circular dish containing grains of food. The woman wears a necklace of beads,and a fringed skin robe over her left shoulder. The man wears a fringed deerskin mantle. On the mat is a gourd water vessel with carved out handle,skin bag,tobacco pipe,walnut,fish,four ears of maize,and a scallop shell. From Theodor de Bry's 'America',Vol. I,1590,after a drawing of John White Image taken from Travels through Virginia. Originally published in England; 1618. Author William Strachey,Illustrated by John White,Theodor de Bry |