Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Summer and winter houses of Inuit]
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Accession number:
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01609
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Record number:
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01609-9
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JCB call number:
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G741 E29g
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Image title:
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[Summer and winter houses of Inuit]
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Creator 1:
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Jo.
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Creator 1 role:
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f[ecit].
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Place image published:
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[Copenhagen]
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Image publisher:
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[Johan Cristoph Groth]
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Image date:
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[1741]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 62
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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15.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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18.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15 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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Description:
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Dwellings of the Inuit. The winter houses are made of sod or stone and have windows on one side; a cutaway version of the winter house is also shown. The summer dwellings are made of skin or boats turned over.
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Source creator:
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Egede, Hans, 1686-1758
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Source Title:
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Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration
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Source place of publication:
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Kjøbehavn [Copenhagen]
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Source publisher:
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Trykt hos Johan Cristoph Groth, boende paa Ulfelds-platz.
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Source date:
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1741
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notes:
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Text describes how the Inuit have different houses for the summer and winter and how they are made. Egede, a Danish missionary, described the ancient Norse settlements of Greenland, the plant and animal life, as well as Inuit culture, commerce, language, and religion in this book. Principally because of its description of whaling, it garnered much attention and was translated into many languages.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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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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Arctic
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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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Inuit--Greenland
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