Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native American holiday activities]
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Accession number:
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09226
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Record number:
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09226-5
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JCB call number:
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E716 F896r /1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Native American holiday activities]
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Creator 1:
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N. Guerard
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Creator 1 role:
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fecit
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Nyon ... Ganeau ... Quillau]
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Image date:
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[1716]
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Image function:
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Plate IX; following p. 58
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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19.1 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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14.2 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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24.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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17.5 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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French, Spanish
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Description:
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A native American swings a crooked stick at a ball while a native American woman offers him a drink. In the background, a native American celebration is taking place guarded by Spaniards. In the foreground are a trumpet, a drum. a drinking dish with a long beak, and a whistle or pipe.
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Source creator:
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Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773
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Source Title:
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Relation du voyage de la mer du sud aux côtes du Chily et du Perou fait pendant les années 1712, 1713 & 1714.
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez Jean-Geoffroy Nyon ... Etienne Ganeau ... Jacque Quillau
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Source date:
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MDCCXVI [1716]
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notes:
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Text describes the Cahouin Touhan or drunkenness, a celebration involving days of constant drinking, singing, and dancing by the Chilean natives. Engraver is probably Nicolas Guerard, active from 1680 to 1719.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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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--Social life and customs
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Chile
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Games
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Subject headings:
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Manners and customs
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