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:
06290
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06290
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false
Record number:
06290-3
record_number
06290-3
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E763 P923m
jcb_call_no
E763 P923m
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Travaux concernant les diverses préparations du Magnok et pour l'Huille d'Aouara
image_title
Travaux concernant les diverses préparations du Magnok et pour l'Huille d'Aouara
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Cl. J.B. Bauche]
image_publisher
[Cl. J.B. Bauche]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1763]
image_date
[1763]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate III; end of book
image_function
fold-out plate III; end of book
Image function
false
Technique:
etching
technique
etching
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
21.7 cm.
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21.7 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.7 cm.
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19.7 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
45 cm.
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45 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
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false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
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Description:
Black men and women [slaves] prepare and cook manioc or cassava. Includes cook fire, grating boards, sieves, and vessels.
description
Black men and women [slaves] prepare and cook manioc or cassava. Includes cook fire, grating boards, sieves, and vessels.
Description
false
Source creator:
Préfontaine, Chevalier de
source_creator
Préfontaine, Chevalier de
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Maison rustique, a l'usage des habitans... de Cayenne.
source_title
Maison rustique, a l'usage des habitans... de Cayenne.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Cl. J.B. Bauche, libraire, à Sainte Genevieve, & à Saint Jean dans le desert
source_publisher
Chez Cl. J.B. Bauche, libraire, à Sainte Genevieve, & à Saint Jean dans le desert
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]
source_date
M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]
Source date
false
notes:
To process manioc the roots were grated and pounded into a pulp from which the poisonous juice was extracted. The pulp could then be removed, washed and roasted, rendering it safe to eat. Préfontaine spent most of his life in Cayenne and wrote on how to set up a plantation there.
notes
To process manioc the roots were grated and pounded into a pulp from which the poisonous juice was extracted. The pulp could then be removed, washed and roasted, rendering it safe to eat. Préfontaine spent most of his life in Cayenne and wrote on how to set up a plantation there.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
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
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cassava--Processing--French Guiana
subject_heads
Cassava--Processing--French Guiana
Subject headings
false