Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Schrikkelyke Handeling omtrent de gevangenen die inde Krygstogt gevange werden.
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Accession number:
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02521B
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Record number:
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02521B-3
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JCB call number:
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F677 B954c
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Image title:
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Schrikkelyke Handeling omtrent de gevangenen die inde Krygstogt gevange werden.
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Johan Ten Hoorn]
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Image date:
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[1695]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; following p. 52
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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28.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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19.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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29.9 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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Languages:
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Dutch
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Description:
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Native Americans frighten a prisoner with flaming torches prior to killing him and eating him. Includes dwellings, ropes, and cookfire.
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Source creator:
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Berkel, Adriaan van
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Source Title:
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Amerikaanische voyagien, behelzende een reis na Rio de Berbice ...
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Source place of publication:
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Tot Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By Johan Ten Hoorn, boekverkooper tengen over het Oude Heeren Logement, inde Historischryver
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Source date:
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1695
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notes:
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This account of van Berkel's life with the Lokono in Berbice included the practice of ritual cannabalism. The Lokono would kill one or two captives in a ritual victory celebration and ceremonially eat a limb or two.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1851.
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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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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 South America
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Subject headings:
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Cannibalism
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Subject headings:
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Berbice River (Guyana)
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