Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Uiztlipuztli idolum Mexicanorum.
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Accession number:
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01631
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Record number:
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01631-16
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JCB call number:
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F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Uiztlipuztli idolum Mexicanorum.
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Jacob Meurs]
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Image date:
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[1671]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 220
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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27.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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34.3 cm. [both pages]
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Page dimension height:
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31.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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37.1 cm. [both pages]
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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Native American worship before Huitzilopochtli, a Mexican idol or statue, in the interior of a temple. The idol, shown as a devil with wings, a face on his stomach, and cloven hooves, stands on an altar decorated with military matériel such as spears, shields, and feathered headdresses. In one hand he holds a pole, in the other a shield with five feathers on it. Also includes animal headdresses and men worshipping before the idol.
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Source creator:
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Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
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Source Title:
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De Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
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Source place of publication:
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t'Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By Jacob Meurs Boek-verkooper en Plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graf, schuin over de wester-markt, in de stad Meurs
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Source date:
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1671
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notes:
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Huitzilopochtli or Huitziláihuitl, an Aztec god symbolized by the hummingbird, was the god of the sun and war. Text describes the statue as being seated on a litter painted blue with serpents' heads at the end of the poles. The statue held a serpent in one hand and a shield with five feathers on it in the other. Its head was crowned with feathers.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1847.
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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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Indians of Mexico--Religion
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