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:
06381
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06381
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Record number:
06381-6
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06381-6
Record number
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JCB call number:
B704 S687hp1
jcb_call_no
B704 S687hp1
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Dançes appellées Mitoles.
image_title
Dançes appellées Mitoles.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Compagnie des libraires]
image_publisher
[Compagnie des libraires]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1704
image_date
1704
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 364
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 364
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
11.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
16.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
16.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
15.9 cm.
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15.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
16.6 cm.
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16.6 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
Method of dancing among native Mexicans. Men dance while standing on each other's shoulders and while balancing on a rope. Also includes a man being ferried across a river. Includes European ship, musical instruments such as drums, feathered headdresses and garments, and bows and arrows.
description
Method of dancing among native Mexicans. Men dance while standing on each other's shoulders and while balancing on a rope. Also includes a man being ferried across a river. Includes European ship, musical instruments such as drums, feathered headdresses and garments, and bows and arrows.
Description
false
Source creator:
Solis, Antonio de, 1610-1686
source_creator
Solis, Antonio de, 1610-1686
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Historia de la conquista de Mexico. French] Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique ou de la nouvelle Espagne, par Fernand Cortez ...
source_title
[Historia de la conquista de Mexico. French] Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique ou de la nouvelle Espagne, par Fernand Cortez ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Par la compagnie des libraires
source_publisher
Par la compagnie des libraires
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. IV. [1704]
source_date
M. DCC. IV. [1704]
Source date
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notes:
Mitotes were ceremonies involving chanting and drinking usually held after a hunt or as part of a funeral.This image is derived from Theodor de Bry's America, Pt. 9, 3rd part, plate 11, which describes the dances of the Mexicans. The image of how Mexicans cross rivers is from the same Theodor de Bry, Pt. 9, 3rd part, plate 2.Cf. Algemeine Geschichte de Länder und Völker von America. ... Halle, 1752 (04878-38); Antonio de Herrara y Tordesillas, [Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English], London, 1726 (07324c-2), and Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, [Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos], Antwerp, 1728 (07376-61).
notes
Mitotes were ceremonies involving chanting and drinking usually held after a hunt or as part of a funeral.This image is derived from Theodor de Bry's America, Pt. 9, 3rd part, plate 11, which describes the dances of the Mexicans. The image of how Mexicans cross rivers is from the same Theodor de Bry, Pt. 9, 3rd part, plate 2.Cf. Algemeine Geschichte de Länder und Völker von America. ... Halle, 1752 (04878-38); Antonio de Herrara y Tordesillas, [Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English], London, 1726 (07324c-2), and Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, [Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos], Antwerp, 1728 (07376-61).
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
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 Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--Rites and ceremonies
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indian dance--Mexico
subject_heads
Indian dance--Mexico
Subject headings
false