COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
93-46
accession_no
93-46
Accession number
false
Record number:
93-46-4
record_number
93-46-4
Record number
false
JCB call number:
G655 W928m / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
G655 W928m / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Aovai vel Ahovay]
image_title
[Aovai vel Ahovay]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leiden]
place_image_published
[Leiden]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Elsevier]
image_publisher
[Elsevier]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1655]
image_date
[1655]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 185
image_function
illustration; p. 185
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
9.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
9.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
36.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
36.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
39.2 cm.
page_dimensions_width
39.2 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Native American girdle made from the nuts of a Brazilian tree.
description
Native American girdle made from the nuts of a Brazilian tree.
Description
false
Source creator:
Worm, Ole, 1588-1654
source_creator
Worm, Ole, 1588-1654
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Museum Wormianum. Seu, Historia rerum rariorum ...
source_title
Museum Wormianum. Seu, Historia rerum rariorum ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]
source_place_of_publication
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
apud Iohannem Elsevirivm, Acad. typograph.
source_publisher
apud Iohannem Elsevirivm, Acad. typograph.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M DC LV. [1655]
source_date
M DC LV. [1655]
Source date
false
notes:
This nut and the Brazilian ornament illustrated here may be derived from illustrations of nuts from the Brazilian tree, Cerbera ahovai, found in accounts of earlier museums. See Basilius Besler, Gazophylacium Rerum Naturalium e regno Vegetabili, Animali et Minerali depromptarum, nunquam hactenus in lucem editarum, fidelis cum figuris aeneis ad vivum incisis repraesentatio ... [Nuremberg], 1642 [described in Catalogue 283, Bruce Marshall Rare Books and Antiquariaat Junk B.V.] Popular in Wunderkammer or cabinet museums, the Ahovai-nut or cannibal-nut was first mentioned in travel reports of Hans Staden, Jean de Lery, and André Thevet.Worm, a medical doctor and polymath, collected many types of objects, especially related to natural history and ethnography, which he arranged according to his own system. His museum became one of the great attractions of Copenhagen.Image title from text.
notes
This nut and the Brazilian ornament illustrated here may be derived from illustrations of nuts from the Brazilian tree, Cerbera ahovai, found in accounts of earlier museums. See Basilius Besler, Gazophylacium Rerum Naturalium e regno Vegetabili, Animali et Minerali depromptarum, nunquam hactenus in lucem editarum, fidelis cum figuris aeneis ad vivum incisis repraesentatio ... [Nuremberg], 1642 [described in Catalogue 283, Bruce Marshall Rare Books and Antiquariaat Junk B.V.] Popular in Wunderkammer or cabinet museums, the Ahovai-nut or cannibal-nut was first mentioned in travel reports of Hans Staden, Jean de Lery, and André Thevet.Worm, a medical doctor and polymath, collected many types of objects, especially related to natural history and ethnography, which he arranged according to his own system. His museum became one of the great attractions of Copenhagen.Image title from text.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.polybibl… http://www.arts.ed.… (June 2006)
references_
http://www.polybiblio.com/watbooks/2268.html; http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/chb/matcult2005/abstracts/Session%206/A/Dominik%20Collet%20-%20Fructus%20Ahovai%20the%20cannibal%20nut.pdf (June 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1993.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1993.
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:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Brazil--Clothing
subject_heads
Indians of South America--Brazil--Clothing
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Brazil
subject_heads
Natural history--Brazil
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Brazil
subject_heads
Botany--Brazil
Subject headings
false