Beaker, 1647-1650, Melchior Lauch, German, documented 1622 - 1659, 5 1/2 × 4 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (14 × 12.38 × 12.38 cm), Silver, gilt, Germany, 17th century, This beaker depicts the battles and warfare of different tribes in Mozambique, as described and imagined by the Dutch merchant Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563-1611), who had lived in Goa, India, for six years, and wrote an influential account of his travels through Africa and India. It was made in Leipzig, Germany, which was a center of trade, based on engravings in Jan Huyghens book. Such depictions of exotic peoples in faraway places were not always accurate. Here a Mozambiquian chief is pictured as a Native American.