Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Quipus of 40 master words]
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Accession number:
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06273
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Record number:
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06273-1
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JCB call number:
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H751 S299l / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Quipus of 40 master words]
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Place image published:
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[Naples]
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Image date:
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[1750]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; following p. 262
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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11.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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42.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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26.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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47 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Quechua
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Description:
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A series of knotted ropes (or quipu) of forty master words.
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Source creator:
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Sansevero, Raimondo di Sangro, principe di, 1710-1770
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Source Title:
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Lettera apologetica dell'esercitato accademico della crusca contenente la difesa del libro intitolato lettere d'una Peruana per rispetto alla supposizione de' Quipu
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Source place of publication:
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Napoli [Naples]
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Source date:
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MDCCL [1750]
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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References:
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Cañizares-Esguerra, J. How to write the history of the New World, p. 115-118, plate I
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References exhibitions:
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Hough, S.J. Italians and the creation of America, 66
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870 by John Carter Brown.
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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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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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Quipu
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