Portrait of the wife of a Powhatan Chief of Pomeoc, North Carolina, with tattoos, necklaces and fringed deer-skin skirt carrying a gourd. A chiefe Herowans wyfe of Pomeiooc. Costume des matrones et des jeunes filles de l’ile Virginie. Based on an engraving by Theodor de Bry after a portrait by John a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann. Woodblock engraving by Gerard Seguin and Huyot after Christoph Krieger from Cesare Vecellio’s Costumes anciens et modernes, Habits antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1859-1860.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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