COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
09187
accession_no
09187
Accession number
false
Record number:
09187-5
record_number
09187-5
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVG 9 / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J590 B915v GVG 9 / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Von der Mexicaner seltzamen Gebrauch ihre Todten zubegraben.
image_title
Von der Mexicaner seltzamen Gebrauch ihre Todten zubegraben.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
place_image_published
[Frankfurt am Main]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Wolffgang Richter]
image_publisher
[Wolffgang Richter]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1601]
image_date
[1601]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; pt. 3, plate 5
image_function
illustration; pt. 3, plate 5
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
14.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
18.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
35.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
23.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
23.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
German
languages
German
Languages
false
Description:
Funerary rites of the Aztec or native Mexicans. The dead man lies in a house while others offer gifts of golden vessels and jewels. The corpse is then carried in procession, led by musicians playing instruments such as trumpets and pipes, to the place where it is burned. A priest dressed as a devil or god oversees the cremation. Includes the dead man's weapons, shield, bow, and arrows.
description
Funerary rites of the Aztec or native Mexicans. The dead man lies in a house while others offer gifts of golden vessels and jewels. The corpse is then carried in procession, led by musicians playing instruments such as trumpets and pipes, to the place where it is burned. A priest dressed as a devil or god oversees the cremation. Includes the dead man's weapons, shield, bow, and arrows.
Description
false
Source Title:
[America. Pt 9. German] Neundter und Letzter Theil Americae ...
source_title
[America. Pt 9. German] Neundter und Letzter Theil Americae ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
source_place_of_publication
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Bey Wolffgang Richter
source_publisher
Bey Wolffgang Richter
Source publisher
false
Source date:
[1601]
source_date
[1601]
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes how the nobility of Mexico were buried. The priest was dressed as a devil and burned the corpse, along with servants. The ashes were then buried with the gifts given to the corpse. This work contains three different voyages; Pt. 1 is José de Acosta, Historie naturael ende morael van de Westersche Indien, Haarlem, 1598; Pt. 2 is Barent Janszoon Potgieter, Wijdtloopigh verhael van tgene de vijf schepen, Amsterdam, 1600, here entitled Relatio historica; the appendix and Pt. 3 is Olivier van Noort, Beschryvinghe van de voyagie, Rotterdam & Amsterdam, 1602, here entitled Additamentum nonae partis Americae. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9. German.
notes
Text describes how the nobility of Mexico were buried. The priest was dressed as a devil and burned the corpse, along with servants. The ashes were then buried with the gifts given to the corpse. This work contains three different voyages; Pt. 1 is José de Acosta, Historie naturael ende morael van de Westersche Indien, Haarlem, 1598; Pt. 2 is Barent Janszoon Potgieter, Wijdtloopigh verhael van tgene de vijf schepen, Amsterdam, 1600, here entitled Relatio historica; the appendix and Pt. 3 is Olivier van Noort, Beschryvinghe van de voyagie, Rotterdam & Amsterdam, 1602, here entitled Additamentum nonae partis Americae. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9. German.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 168
references_
Church, E.D. Discovery, 168
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1865.
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:
Indians of Mexico--Funeral customs and rites
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--Funeral customs and rites
Subject headings
false