Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Lavoro dell'Olio di Tartaruga
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Accession number:
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06826
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Record number:
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06826-2
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JCB call number:
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H780 G474s
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Image title:
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Lavoro dell'Olio di Tartaruga
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Creator 1:
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L. Guerrini
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Creator 1 role:
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inv. e dis.
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Creator 2:
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Francesco Faccenda
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Creator 2 dates:
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1750 - 1820
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Creator 2 role:
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incise.
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Place image published:
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[Rome]
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Image publisher:
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[Luigi Perego]
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Image date:
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[1780]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 102
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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24.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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28.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Italian
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Description:
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Native Americans extract oil from tortoise eggs. Eggs are crushed in a tub with a pestle, cooked over an open fire, and then ladled into calabashes or gourds. Also includes turtles or tortoises.
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Source creator:
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Gilii, Filippo Salvadore, 1721-1789
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Source Title:
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Saggio di storia americana o Sia storia naturale, civile, e sacra de regni, e delle provincie spagnuole di terra-ferma nell'America meridionale ... Tomo I
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Source place of publication:
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Roma [Rome]
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Source publisher:
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Per Luigi Perego erede Salvioni stampator Vaticano nella Sapienza
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Source date:
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MDCCLXXX [1780]
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Orinoco River Valley (Venezuela and Colombia)
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