Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native American warfare]
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Accession number:
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01631
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Record number:
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01631-37
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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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[Native American warfare]
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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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illustration; p. 383
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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31.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.5 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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Man attacks a native American wearing feathered garments. Inclues bones or skeletons, scene of warfare, bows, and arrows.
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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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Text describes the Guaymures, the most savage people of all America. These people are gigantic, have white skin, fight alone, and eat their own children. They were so fierce that they forced the Portuguese to leave the country called Los Isleos, abandoning several sugar mills.
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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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Brazil
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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--Warfare
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Brazil
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