COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
05677
Record number:
05677-2
JCB call number:
B805 S628p / 1-SIZE
Image title:
Basilio Huaylas, the Peruvian giant.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
Richard Phillips
Image date:
1805
Image function:
plate III; following p. 56
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
16 cm.
Image dimension width:
14 cm.
Page dimension height:
27.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
21 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Portrait of a Peruvian giant accompanied by a man playing a musical instrument or portable harp.
Source creator:
Skinner, Joseph
Source Title:
The present state of Peru ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for Richard Phillips, No 6 Bridge-Street, Blackfriars
Source date:
1805
notes:
The text identifies the giant as an Indian or native American of Castro-Virreyna. The musical instrument is an arpa indigena, or indigenous harp, originally brought to Peru by the Jesuits but adopted by native Americans. This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was so unfamiliar with Spanish that the translation is suspect.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1966.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Clothing and dress--Peru
Subject headings:
Peru--Description and travel
Subject headings:
Musical instruments--South America
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Peru--Clothing
Basilio Huaylas, the Peruvian giant.
