COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
08984
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08984
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Record number:
08984-49
record_number
08984-49
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F706 A111n
jcb_call_no
F706 A111n
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Dancers at the court]
image_title
[Dancers at the court]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leiden]
place_image_published
[Leiden]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Pieter van der Aa]
image_publisher
[Pieter van der Aa]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1707]
image_date
[1707]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 9, [part 1], following p. 44
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 9, [part 1], following p. 44
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
16.5 cm.
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16.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.3 cm.
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17.3 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
22 cm.
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22 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Dancers perform for an Aztec court. Men stand on stilts, form pyramids with their bodies, walk on sticks balanced between two other men. Some men lie in the foreground. Includes king or ruler in feathered headdress, dwellings, and balls.
description
Dancers perform for an Aztec court. Men stand on stilts, form pyramids with their bodies, walk on sticks balanced between two other men. Some men lie in the foreground. Includes king or ruler in feathered headdress, dwellings, and balls.
Description
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Source Title:
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1519 tot 1521
source_title
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1519 tot 1521
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
source_place_of_publication
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
source_publisher
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1707
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1707
Source date
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notes:
Text discusses dancing found at the court of Montezuma or Moctezuma. This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Heldhaftige reys-togten, te land door Ferdinand Cortes, in Nieuw-Spanje ... , Leyden, 1707. This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.
notes
Text discusses dancing found at the court of Montezuma or Moctezuma. This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Heldhaftige reys-togten, te land door Ferdinand Cortes, in Nieuw-Spanje ... , Leyden, 1707. This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1849.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1849.
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
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Aztec dance
subject_heads
Aztec dance
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indian dance--Mexico
subject_heads
Indian dance--Mexico
Subject headings
false