Portrait of Kudé-Kubúi, a Guaharibo man, by Richard Spruce Pencil portrait of Kudé-Kubúi, a 50 year old Guaharibo, who met with Spruce in the Pueblo di Monagas, Rio Casiquiare, [Venezuela]. [Kude-Kubui died shortly after his portrait was drawn, and it was suggested by his fellow Guaharibos that Spruce had taken away his soul by drawing him.] December 1853