COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
Record
Accession number:
07532 accession_no 07532 Accession number false
Record number:
07532-3 record_number 07532-3 Record number false
JCB call number:
B782 L257r jcb_call_no B782 L257r JCB call number false
Image title:
Volantum ludus. image_title Volantum ludus. Image title false
Creator 1:
L. C. creator1 L. C. Creator 1 false
Creator 1 role:
f[ecit]. creator1_role f[ecit]. Creator 1 role false
Place image published:
[Bologna] place_image_published [Bologna] Place image published false
Image publisher:
[Saint Thomas Aquinas Press] image_publisher [Saint Thomas Aquinas Press] Image publisher false
Image date:
[1782] image_date [1782] Image date false
Image function:
plate; following p. 200 image_function plate; following p. 200 Image function false
Technique:
engraving technique engraving Technique false
Image dimension height:
13.3 cm. image_dimensions_height 13.3 cm. Image dimension height false
Image dimension width:
8.1 cm. image_dimensions_width 8.1 cm. Image dimension width false
Page dimension height:
21.5 cm. page_dimensions_height 21.5 cm. Page dimension height false
Page dimension width:
13.4 cm. page_dimensions_width 13.4 cm. Page dimension width false
Materials medium:
ink materials_medium ink Materials medium false
Materials support:
paper materials_support paper Materials support false
Languages:
Latin languages Latin Languages false
Description:
Flying dance of the Mexicas or Aztecs. Includes native Americans dressed with feathers climbing a pole and flying around it held by ropes. A man seated on the top of the pole plays a drum. description Flying dance of the Mexicas or Aztecs. Includes native Americans dressed with feathers climbing a pole and flying around it held by ropes. A man seated on the top of the pole plays a drum. Description false
Source creator:
Landívar, Rafael, 1731-1793 source_creator Landívar, Rafael, 1731-1793 Source creator false
Source Title:
Rusticatio mexicana source_title Rusticatio mexicana Source Title false
Source place of publication:
Bononiae [Bologna] source_place_of_publication Bononiae [Bologna] Source place of publication false
Source publisher:
Ex Typographia S. Thomae Aquinatis source_publisher Ex Typographia S. Thomae Aquinatis Source publisher false
Source date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782] source_date MDCCLXXXII [1782] Source date false
notes:
An ancient ritual, the Sun Dance was performed for the god of fertility, Xipe Totec, to ensure success in harvest. The four (symbolic of the four cardinal directions) dancers or voladores would climb a high pole to which they were tethered by cords. The fifth dancer or caporal acted as priest and musician and invoked the god's protection. The dancers would fly around the pole like birds and descend headfirst to ground. Initially suppressed after the conquest, the dance was considered an interesting game by the Spanish. notes An ancient ritual, the Sun Dance was performed for the god of fertility, Xipe Totec, to ensure success in harvest. The four (symbolic of the four cardinal directions) dancers or voladores would climb a high pole to which they were tethered by cords. The fifth dancer or caporal acted as priest and musician and invoked the god's protection. The dancers would fly around the pole like birds and descend headfirst to ground. Initially suppressed after the conquest, the dance was considered an interesting game by the Spanish. notes false
Time Period:
1751-1800 time_period 1751-1800 Time Period false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874. provenance_or_donor Acquired before 1874. 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:
Flying dance subject_heads Flying dance Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies subject_heads Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Aztecs--Religion subject_heads Aztecs--Religion Subject headings false

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