COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
04626
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04626
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Record number:
04626-4
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04626-4
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JCB call number:
E723 C414e / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E723 C414e / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[top] Le Mercure des Mexicains adoré à Cholula sous le nom de Quetzalcouatl. [bottom] Divinité qui préside à la chasse.
image_title
[top] Le Mercure des Mexicains adoré à Cholula sous le nom de Quetzalcouatl. [bottom] Divinité qui préside à la chasse.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Bernard Picart
creator1
Bernard Picart
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1673-1733
creator1_dates
1673-1733
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Delineavit
creator1_role
Delineavit
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[J. F. Bernard]
image_publisher
[J. F. Bernard]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1722
image_date
1722
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; pt. 1, following p. 156
image_function
plate; pt. 1, following p. 156
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
[top] 15.1 cm. [bottom] 15 cm.
image_dimensions_height
[top] 15.1 cm. [bottom] 15 cm.
Image dimension height
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Image dimension width:
[top] 20.8 cm. [bottom] 20.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
[top] 20.8 cm. [bottom] 20.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
39.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
39.4 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
24.6 cm.
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24.6 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
[top] Native Americans offer blood sacrifices to the statue of the deity, Quetzalcoatl. Priests offer birds and practice self-mutilation (cutting ear and piercing tongue at fire before the deity). [bottom] Native Americans hunt bear and deer or stags. In the background natives offer their catch to a statue of a deity. Includes feathered headdresses, whips, cage, bows and arrows, war club, and net.
description
[top] Native Americans offer blood sacrifices to the statue of the deity, Quetzalcoatl. Priests offer birds and practice self-mutilation (cutting ear and piercing tongue at fire before the deity). [bottom] Native Americans hunt bear and deer or stags. In the background natives offer their catch to a statue of a deity. Includes feathered headdresses, whips, cage, bows and arrows, war club, and net.
Description
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Source Title:
Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses des peuples idolatres ... Tome premier
source_title
Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses des peuples idolatres ... Tome premier
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Amsterdam
source_place_of_publication
A Amsterdam
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez J. F. Bernard
source_publisher
Chez J. F. Bernard
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCCXXIII. [1723]
source_date
M.DCCXXIII. [1723]
Source date
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notes:
Quetzalcoatl, whose name means feathered "quetzal" serpent, was the Aztec god of creation. Published under the general editorship of the Amsterdam bookseller, Jean Frédéric Bernard.
notes
Quetzalcoatl, whose name means feathered "quetzal" serpent, was the Aztec god of creation. Published under the general editorship of the Amsterdam bookseller, Jean Frédéric Bernard.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Subject matter:
conjurer, sorcerer, shaman
subject_matter
conjurer, sorcerer, shaman
Subject matter
false
References exhibitions:
Landis, D.C. Literature of the Encounter,no. 31, Fig. III.8.
references_exhibitions
Landis, D.C. Literature of the Encounter,no. 31, Fig. III.8.
References exhibitions
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--Religion
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--Religion
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Hunting
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--Hunting
Subject headings
false