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| Keywords: Virginia Indians Fanciful Figures Arnoldus Montanus America 1671.jpg en To represent a scene of religious practice in Virginia Arnoldus Montanus in his work America based his work from a 1622 Spanish book about Mexico Descripcion de las Indias Occidentales by Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas The artist then transformed the Mexican god into a large idol and placed it in a room based on a Mexican temple The scene falsely presented native Virginia with an almost identical culture as in Mexico 1671 America 1671 Arnoldus Montanus other versions PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard American art collections Native American culture | ||||
