COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
06273
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06273
Accession number
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Record number:
06273-1
record_number
06273-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
H751 S299l / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
H751 S299l / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Quipus of 40 master words]
image_title
[Quipus of 40 master words]
Image title
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Place image published:
[Naples]
place_image_published
[Naples]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1750]
image_date
[1750]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 262
image_function
fold-out plate; following p. 262
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
11.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
42.4 cm.
image_dimensions_width
42.4 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
26.4 cm.
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26.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
47 cm.
page_dimensions_width
47 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Quechua
languages
Quechua
Languages
false
Description:
A series of knotted ropes (or quipu) of forty master words.
description
A series of knotted ropes (or quipu) of forty master words.
Description
false
Source creator:
Sansevero, Raimondo di Sangro, principe di, 1710-1770
source_creator
Sansevero, Raimondo di Sangro, principe di, 1710-1770
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Lettera apologetica dell'esercitato accademico della crusca contenente la difesa del libro intitolato lettere d'una Peruana per rispetto alla supposizione de' Quipu
source_title
Lettera apologetica dell'esercitato accademico della crusca contenente la difesa del libro intitolato lettere d'una Peruana per rispetto alla supposizione de' Quipu
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Napoli [Naples]
source_place_of_publication
Napoli [Naples]
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false
Source date:
MDCCL [1750]
source_date
MDCCL [1750]
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false
notes:
In this book, Raimondo di Sangro defends Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt Graffigny, Lettres d'une peruvienne, published anonymously, Paris, 1747. His book is the earliest full study of quipus, although he erroneously believed that quipus were a writing system.
notes
In this book, Raimondo di Sangro defends Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt Graffigny, Lettres d'une peruvienne, published anonymously, Paris, 1747. His book is the earliest full study of quipus, although he erroneously believed that quipus were a writing system.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
Cañizares-Esguerra, J. How to write the history of the New World, p. 115-118, plate I
references_
Cañizares-Esguerra, J. How to write the history of the New World, p. 115-118, plate I
References
false
References exhibitions:
Hough, S.J. Italians and the creation of America, 66
references_exhibitions
Hough, S.J. Italians and the creation of America, 66
References exhibitions
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870 by John Carter Brown.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870 by John Carter Brown.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Quipu
subject_heads
Quipu
Subject headings
false