COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
34724
Record number:
34724-22
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVL5.1 / 2-SIZE
Image title:
Nicaragensium in suis saltationibus ritus.
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
Image publisher:
[Theodor de Bry]
Image date:
[1595]
Image function:
illustration; Plate 21
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
15.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
18.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
34.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
23.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native Americans dance with fans, musical instruments such as drums, gourds or maracas, and trumpets.
Source Title:
[America. Pt 5. Latin] Americae pars quinta nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis secundae setionis Hispanorum ...
Source place of publication:
Franc. [Frankfurt am Main]
Source publisher:
Theodoro de Bry
Source date:
M D XCV. [1595]
notes:
Each tribe in Nicaragua organized its own festivities and people would dance accompanied by drums, pipers, and singers. Participants enjoyed themselves so much that the dancing might go on for days.This work was published by Theodor de Bry and is derived from the second part of Girolamo Benzoni, Historia del mondo nuovo, Venice, 1565. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 5. Latin. Imprint information from colophon.
Time Period:
1492-1600
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 156
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Social life and customs
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