Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native American religious ceremonies]
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Accession number:
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04878
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Record number:
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04878-6
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JCB call number:
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J752 A394g
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Image title:
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[Native American religious ceremonies]
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Place image published:
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[Halle]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Justinus Gebauer]
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Image date:
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[1752]
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Image function:
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plate 7; vol. 1, following p. 87
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Technique:
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etching
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Image dimension height:
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19.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.8 cm.
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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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Description:
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Religious ceremonies involving sacrifice are shown. At top, a baby is presented to be sacrificed while native Americans dance and the mother mourns. A native American king and European gentleman look on. At bottom, native Americans dance around a deer on a post while a native American king and European gentleman look on and a man makes an offering at an altar. Cultural artifacts include clubs, sword, and spears. At bottom left, a woman makes an offering to a post.
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Source Title:
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Algemeine Geschichte de Länder und Völker von America. Erster Theil. Nebst einer Vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens ...
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Source place of publication:
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Halle
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Source publisher:
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bey Johann Justinus Gebauer
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Source date:
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1752
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notes:
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Described in preface as: 1. Sacrifice of the firstborn by the Floridians. 2. Sacrifice of the stag in Florida. 3. A Carib offers cassava bread at a post symbolizing the deities. This image is derived from Joseph François Lafitau, Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, vol. 1, plate 7, which in turn is derived from Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 2 , plates 34 & 35. Compiled and translated from several sources by Johann Friedrich Schröter, with a preface by Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten. Schröter was secretary to the Privy Council of Magdeburg and had served for some years as a missionary in Canada.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.hrkahnbooks.com/Catalogues/Cat67/Html/67pg31d117to119.html (Oct. 2005)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1963.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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geographic area:
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North 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 the West Indies--Rites and ceremonies
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Subject headings:
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Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
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